You counted 620 colonies on a plate with a dilution of 10-2. How many cells/ml were in...

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You counted 620 colonies on a plate with adilution of 10-2. How manycells/ml were in the original sample?

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The bacteria divide by binary fission and each bacterial cell dived and produce a lump of cells which all are derived from that single bacterial cell this visible bacterial lump is called a colony Counting the number of colonies gives the actual number of cells The bacterial    See Answer
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