1. You have a culture of yeast that is at a density of 8x10' cells/mL 2. A lab technician took a fecal sample and carried out the following dilutions: 1. Transferred 0.1 mL from the fecal sample 0.1 ml 1 ml 0.01 ml to 9.9 mL saline in tube A 2. Transferred 1 mL from A to 9 mL saline in tube B 0.1 ml 3. Transferred 0.01 mL from B to 9.99 mL A C saline in tube C 4. Transferred 0.1 mL from tube C to an agar plate 5. Counted 65 colonies on plate D 9.9 ml 9 ml 9.99 ml saline saline saline D 5. What is the concentration of cells in tube C? 6. What is the concentration of cells in the fecal sample?

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1. You have a culture of yeast that is at a density of 8x107 cells/mL
2. A lab technician took a fecal sample and
carried out the following dilutions:
1. Transferred 0.1 mL from the fecal sample
0.1 ml
I ml
0.01 ml
to 9.9 mL saline in tube A
2. Transferred 1 mL from A to 9 mL saline
in tube B
3. Transferred 0.01 mL from B to 9.99 mL
0.1 ml
A
C
saline in tube C
4. Transferred 0.1 mL from tube C to an agar
plate
5. Counted 65 colonies on plate D
9.9 ml
9 ml
9.99 ml
saline
saline
saline
D
5.
What is the concentration of cells in tube C?
6. What is the concentration of cells in the fecal sample?
1
Transcribed Image Text:1. You have a culture of yeast that is at a density of 8x107 cells/mL 2. A lab technician took a fecal sample and carried out the following dilutions: 1. Transferred 0.1 mL from the fecal sample 0.1 ml I ml 0.01 ml to 9.9 mL saline in tube A 2. Transferred 1 mL from A to 9 mL saline in tube B 3. Transferred 0.01 mL from B to 9.99 mL 0.1 ml A C saline in tube C 4. Transferred 0.1 mL from tube C to an agar plate 5. Counted 65 colonies on plate D 9.9 ml 9 ml 9.99 ml saline saline saline D 5. What is the concentration of cells in tube C? 6. What is the concentration of cells in the fecal sample? 1
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