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An actively growing culture (20 ml) of E. coli (1 $\times$ 105 per ml) was mixed with a total of 100 T4 phage particles, grown further for 40 min and mixed with a few drops of chloroform. Under the conditions used, the generation time of F. coli is 30 min, the infection cycle of phage T4 is 20 min, and the burst size is 100. Assuming that each infection was a successful one, how many plaque forming units would you expect at the end of the experiment?

  1. 104

  2. 103

  3. 105

  4. 106

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