You inoculate a flask containing tryptic soy broth with a cu…
You inoculate a flask containing tryptic soy broth with a culture of E. coli and begin measuring the optical density of the culture with a spectrophotometer in order to detect growth. The measurements you take for the first few hours do not show any change, and then later in the day you begin to observe increases in numbers of cells (i.e., your absorbance readings increase). Which of the following best explains why there is this delay in growth following inoculation?