How many viruses are adsorbed per cell (multiplicity of infection)

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  • 10 mL of a bacteriophage suspension is mixed with 5 mL of a bacterial culture and 25% of the phages adsorb. The bacteriophage suspension has a concentration of 4x1018 viruses per mL, and the bacterial culture had a concentration of 6x1014 bacteria per mL.

 

  1. How many viruses are adsorbed per cell (multiplicity of infection)?
  2. What fraction of the cells is uninfected?
  3. What fraction of the cells is single infected?
  4. What fraction of the cells is multiple infected?
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