TLS Online TPP Program

#Question id: 40190


Assertion (A): The generation time is shortest during the exponential (log) phase.

Reason (R): In the exponential phase, bacteria are adapting to the environment and repairing cellular damage. 

#Applied Microbiology
  1. Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A. 
  2. Both A and R are true, but R is NOT the correct explanation of A
  3. A is true, but R is false
  4. A is false, but R is true.