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Pour plates.

1 ml of sample was diluted in serial dilutions, and 1 ml from each dilution was plated.

Which plate has the most bacteria?

Why are some colonies growing in the agar?

Which plate will you count to determine the number of bacteria in the original sample?

How many bacteria were in the original sample?

(# colonies x amount plated)/dilution=bacteria/ml