lly Monella found 344 bacterial colonies on one of her plates. She had prepared this plate after a serial dilution of a culture of Yersinia pestis. She had pipetted 1 ml sample of diluted Yersinia pestis from a tube with the overall dilution factor of 106 into a plate and covered it with agar. She used this plate to calculate the concentration in cells/ml of a bacterial culture. a) How many organisms were in the original culture? b) Were her results valid? Why or why not?

lly Monella found 344 bacterial colonies on one of her plates. She had prepared this plate after a serial dilution of a culture of Yersinia pestis. She had pipetted 1 ml sample of diluted Yersinia pestis from a tube with the overall dilution factor of 106 into a plate and covered it with agar. She used this plate to calculate the concentration in cells/ml of a bacterial culture. a) How many organisms were in the original culture? b) Were her results valid? Why or why not?

Microbiology for Surgical Technologists (MindTap Course List)

2nd Edition

ISBN:9781111306663

Author:Margaret Rodriguez, Paul Price

Publisher:Margaret Rodriguez, Paul Price

Chapter4: The Prokaryotes

Section: Chapter Questions

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