Using absorbance readings and a standard curve relating absorbance to cell number, you suspect that a bacterial culture contains 7.4 x 109 CFUs/ml. What dilution of this sample would give you a countable plate?

Using absorbance readings and a standard curve relating absorbance to cell number, you suspect that a bacterial culture contains 7.4 x 109 CFUs/ml. What dilution of this sample would give you a countable plate?

Principles Of Radiographic Imaging: An Art And A Science

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Chapter11: Filtration

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