A arghh New member Aug 19, 2009 #1 Calculate the number of colony forming units per ml of the original culture assuming that 0.1ml was applied to the plate plate A = 10^ -6 with 36 colonies
Calculate the number of colony forming units per ml of the original culture assuming that 0.1ml was applied to the plate plate A = 10^ -6 with 36 colonies
A archaeadoc Guest Aug 19, 2009 #2 So the dilution is one millionth, 10e6 right? So you have 36x10e6 if you plate 1mL, and you plated 1/10th of a mL =>36x10e6/10 = 3.6x10e6
So the dilution is one millionth, 10e6 right? So you have 36x10e6 if you plate 1mL, and you plated 1/10th of a mL =>36x10e6/10 = 3.6x10e6