Five ml of bacterial culture is added to 45 ml of sterile diluent. From this suspension, the following serial dilutions were made, two 1:100 and one 1:10 dilutions, and 0.1 ml is plated onto Plate Count Agar from the last dilution. After incubation, 186 colonies were counted on the plate. 1. What is the dilution factor, or how much of the original sample was diluted?

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Five ml of bacterial culture is added to 45 ml of sterile diluent.
From this suspension, the following serial dilutions were
made, two 1:100 and one 1:10 dilutions, and 0.1 ml is plated
onto Plate Count Agar from the last dilution. After incubation,
186 colonies were counted on the plate.
1. What is the dilution factor, or how much of the original
sample was diluted?
Transcribed Image Text:Five ml of bacterial culture is added to 45 ml of sterile diluent. From this suspension, the following serial dilutions were made, two 1:100 and one 1:10 dilutions, and 0.1 ml is plated onto Plate Count Agar from the last dilution. After incubation, 186 colonies were counted on the plate. 1. What is the dilution factor, or how much of the original sample was diluted?
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