A bacterial culture has a concentration of 3.2 x 108 cells /mL.  You dilute this culture as follows: 1/50, then 10-3 and finally 1/20.  If you then plate 0.2 mL of the final dilution, how many CFU would you expect following incubation?

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A bacterial culture has a concentration of 3.2 x 108 cells /mL.  You dilute this culture as follows: 1/50, then 10-3 and finally 1/20.  If you then plate 0.2 mL of the final dilution, how many CFU would you expect following incubation? 

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