Chapter 54, Problem 2Q

Summary Introduction

To write:

The reason for using the heterotrophic plate count preferred for the food instead of other techniques such as direct microscopic and turbidity.

Introduction:

A culture plate:

In biology, it is a low and flat-bottomed laboratory container. It is useful to grow a layer of organisms on a thin nutrient medium layer. These include the molds, bacterias, and other cells. The most ordinary types of culture plates are the multiwell plate and the Petri dish.