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Counts the number of doublings between two cell counts and divides the elapsed time by it to give the mean generation time.
Generation time
Number of generations = log2(final / initial); generation time = elapsed time / generations
For a bacterial culture yes; in demography generation time means the average age of reproduction instead.
Nutrient limitation, suboptimal temperature, low water activity and inhibitory metabolites all lengthen it.