How different is the growth of a viral population according to its biotic potential from the growth of a bacterial population according to its biotic potential?
According to the biotic potential of virus and bacteria, the growth curve for both virus and bacteria present positive exponential pattern. The main difference between them is that bacteria double their population in each time period while the viral population multiplies dozen or hundred times. Therefore, the viral population growth curve has more intense growth. This event happens because bacteria reproduce two daughter cells from each cell by binary division. On the other hand, each virus replicate, and generate dozens or even hundreds of new virus.
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