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Imagine a student measures the concentration of a bacterial culture using the \"direct microscopic method\" (using...

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Imagine a student measures the concentration of a bacterialculture using the \"direct microscopic method\" (using ahemocytometer) and by \"using turbidity to count cells in liquidculture.\" Based on their calculations, there were 10,000 totalcells/mL and the viability of the culture was 90%. Which methodallowed the student to determine viability and why/how?

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Viability of bacterial cells cant be determined from turbidity Because dead cells are also present in culture along with live cells and these two are almost similar morphologically    See Answer
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