An antibiotic kills 99.9% of a bacterial population. You would expect the next generation of bacteria
A. to be just as susceptible to that antibiotic as was the previous generation.
B. to be more resistant to that antibiotic.
C. to die out due to the drastic decrease in population size.
D. to be more contagious than the prior generation.
Answer:B
An antibiotic kills 99.9% of a bacterial population. You would expect the next generation of bacteria
A. to be just as susceptible to that antibiotic as was the previous generation. B. to be more resistant to that antibiotic. C. to die out due to the drastic decrease in population size. D. to be more contagious than the prior generation.