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when you fill your kitchen sink with water and dirty plates...the number of plates in the sink is the total plate count in water. lol
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What is considered a high plate count?
Usually hundreds of colonies (>300) is considered as a high plate count.
What are some advantages and disadvantages of the serial dilution agar plate technique?
the total count includes dead as well as living cells
What is total bacteria count limit in water by USPH standards?
1 x 10 6 in 100 ml of water.
How do you determine the number of organisms in a water sample if your dilution plate has presence of spreading colonies?
To determine the number of organisms in a water sample choose a plate that has less than 300 but more than 30 colonies. Then count the number of colonies and record the results.
What function has glucose in Plate count agar?
give energy
What is standard plate count definition?
It is referring to heterotrophic plate numbers in water samples.
When a pitcher throws to a base to keep a runner from stealing are those throws added to his total game pitch count?
No, only pitches to home plate count towards the pitch count.
What is considered a high plate count?
Usually hundreds of colonies (>300) is considered as a high plate count.
Why Plate Count Agar is used?
it is used to count the colonies
What are some advantages and disadvantages of the serial dilution agar plate technique?
the total count includes dead as well as living cells
Does the number of bacteria recorded by the standard plate count method accurately reflect the total bacterial count from the sample?
No. The standard plate count method is an indirect measurement of cell density of only viable bacterial cells. Optical density counting measure entire bacterial sample, the living as well as the dead bacterial cells.
What is an excellent standard to use in determining the bacterial safety of water?
Total coliform count
Describe how water can be tested for bacteria?
Water can be tested in many different ways. The most common tests are the ATP testing, the multiple tube method, and the plate count.
How do i read Aerobic plate count?
get a tutor
What is total bacteria count limit in water by USPH standards?
1 x 10 6 in 100 ml of water.
Which fundamental assumption is the plate count method based on?
One major disadvantage of the viable plate count is the assumption that each colony arises from one cell.
How do you get a total from a group of averages?
Average = Total/Count so Total = Average*Count.
