THE EXPONENTIAL GROWTH RATE OF A BACTERIAL CULTURE IS AFFECTED BY ALL THE FOLLOWING EXCEPT

THE EXPONENTIAL GROWTH RATE OF A BACTERIAL CULTURE IS AFFECTED BY ALL THE FOLLOWING EXCEPT?
THE GENETIC POTENTIAL
THE COMPOSITION OF THE GROWTH MEDIUM
THE NUMBER OF CELLS INITIALLY INOCULATED INTO THE CULTURE VESSEL
THE CONDITION OF INCUBATION

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as you are talking about exponential RATE therefore the initial number of cells is irrelevant as you are talking about ratios