How long would it take to eat the Sun?

Premise: Space lab is working on making synthetic cells out of different materials. Experiments are classified as too dangerous to be disposed of with conventional means, and are set on an collision course with the Sun.

But one of the experiments survives, and adapts to survive in and use the Sun's matter as building material to replicate.

Question: Considering a modest rate of growth based on standard, single-celled organisms, how long would it take these non-organic synthetic cells to consume the mass of a sun sized star?

Note: Question specifically wants WB to ASSUME that the critters can survive the sun's environment. If they're the size of a cell and spreading out from using the sun's matter, how long does it take them to consume the entire ball?

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