of bacterial culture is added to 45 mL of sterile diluent. From this suspension, the following serial dilutions were made, two 1:100 and one 1:10 dilutions, and 0.1 mL is plated onto Plate Count Agar from the last dilution. After incubation, 186 colonies were counted on the plate

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Five mL of bacterial culture is added to 45 mL of sterile diluent. From this suspension, the following serial dilutions were made, two 1:100 and one 1:10 dilutions, and 0.1 mL is plated onto Plate Count Agar from the last dilution. After incubation, 186 colonies were counted on the plate

 

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