Bacteria reproduce by fission (splitting in two) and can respond very rapidly to environmental changes.  A culture of bacteria is found to contain 4.95 X 109 bacteria and the carrying capacity of the culture is 5.0 X 109.  How will the bacterial population change in the near future. Group of answer choices -it will increase very rapidly to K -it will increase very slowly to K -it will grow exponentiall -it will decrease very rapidly to K

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Bacteria reproduce by fission (splitting in two) and can respond very rapidly to environmental changes.  A culture of bacteria is found to contain 4.95 X 109 bacteria and the carrying capacity of the culture is 5.0 X 109.  How will the bacterial population change in the near future.

Group of answer choices
-it will increase very rapidly to K
-it will increase very slowly to K
-it will grow exponentiall
-it will decrease very rapidly to K
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