Nucleic acids and protein synthesis Quiz (2) Biology AS & A Level

The bacterium Escherichia coli divides once every 50 minutes at ${36^ \circ }C$.
E. coli were grown on a medium containing only heavy nitrogen, ${}^{15}N$, until all of the bacterial DNA contained heavy nitrogen.
Some of the bacteria were moved from a heavy nitrogen medium and cultured in a medium with only light nitrogen, ${}^{14}N$ (0 minutes).
These bacteria continued to reproduce and samples were extracted and centrifuged at…