Need help Which of these could be used to measure the number of live bacterial cells in a liquid culture? a. do many serial dilutions of culture and plate on solid media b. measure the turbidity using a spectrophotometer c. examine one drop of culture under a microscope and gram stain d. measure the dry weight of cells

Need help Which of these could be used to measure the number of live bacterial cells in a liquid culture? a. do many serial dilutions of culture and plate on solid media b. measure the turbidity using a spectrophotometer c. examine one drop of culture under a microscope and gram stain d. measure the dry weight of cells

Basic Clinical Laboratory Techniques 6E

6th Edition

ISBN:9781133893943

Author:ESTRIDGE

Publisher:ESTRIDGE

Chapter7: Basic Clinical Microbiology

Section7.3: Culture Techniques For Bacteriology

Problem 6RQ

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