Foundations in Microbiology
10th Edition
ISBN: 9781259705212
Author: Kathleen Park Talaro, Barry Chess Instructor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 7.L1, Problem 15MCQ
15. In a viable plate count, each ____ represents a ____ from the sample population.
a. cell, colony
b. colony, cell
c. hour, generation
d. cell, generation
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