Consider the following hypothetical conditions: A population of 10,000 bacteria has a doubling time of 20 minutes under a given set of growth conditions. The culture is allowed to grow for 2 hours. Select the number of bacteria that best predicts the population size at the end of the two hour incubation period. Assume there is no lag phase. a) 40,000b) 640,000c) 1,280,000d) 320,000e) 160,000

Lactase is essential for digesting lactose in milk. this enzyme is specific for this sugar. why? molecules and active sites vary in size; only properly sized molecules can fit.there is a precise compatibility between the active site and the lactose molecule.specificity refers to the action of the enzyme, such as hydrolysis, and relatively few molecules can be hydrolyzed.reaction-specific enzymes assume a fit by folding around the most numerous substrate molecules.