You work for the U.S Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing Services, which is responsible for the microbiological testing of foods that are purchased for federal nutritional programs such as the National School Lunch Program. Specifically, your job involves monitoring the total bacterial counts as well as the E. Coli counts in ground beef using standard plate count techniques. The figure below shows the procedure you used and the results you obtained after testing a sample of ground beef. 2. What was the concentration of E. Coli (CFU/gram) in the ground beef sample? SHOW ALL WORK AND USE SCIENTIFIC NOTATION WHEN WRITING YOUR ANSWER.

You work for the U.S Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing Services, which is responsible for the microbiological testing of foods that are purchased for federal nutritional programs such as the National School Lunch Program. Specifically, your job involves monitoring the total bacterial counts as well as the E. Coli counts in ground beef using standard plate count techniques. The figure below shows the procedure you used and the results you obtained after testing a sample of ground beef. 2. What was the concentration of E. Coli (CFU/gram) in the ground beef sample? SHOW ALL WORK AND USE SCIENTIFIC NOTATION WHEN WRITING YOUR ANSWER.

Basic Clinical Laboratory Techniques 6E

6th Edition

ISBN:9781133893943

Author:ESTRIDGE

Publisher:ESTRIDGE

Chapter7: Basic Clinical Microbiology

Section7.4: The Gram Stain

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