Question

An antibiotic is effective in killing 95% of a population of bacteria that reproduce by

the process shown below. Which statement best describes future generations of these
bacteria?

Answer 1

The answer is #1 because

a) Bacteria always reproduce asexually

b) If an antibiotic can only kill 95% of a bacteria population, the 5% that the antibiotic has not killed will become slightly resistant to it and will continue to pass on their genes onto future generations of bacteria.

Answer 2

I think statement number one. Bacteria reproduces asexually and the ones that aren’t killed aren’t killed bc they’re resistant, so their kids will be too