Glucose is the preferred carbon source for Escherichia coli bacteria. Researchers isolated E coli, a strain of E coli with a single mutation that inactices a key enz study the effect of the mutation on glucose utilization and ATP production by the bacteria, the researchers add 2 10% E colibacteria to 400 mL of a growth
as a measure of the bacterial concentration over time
(a) Describe why monitoring the growth rate of the E coli bacteria is a useful indicator of the effect of the glycolytic enzyme mutation on the bacteria