Serial Dilution/Viable Count

Question 1

Why would you want to know [bacteria] of a sample?

Answer 1

• To determine degree of infection of a patient

- To determine contamination level of a sample

Question 2

Viable Count

Answer 2

Measures the concentration of live bacteria

Question 3

Serial Dilution

Answer 3

Taking one sample of bacteria and diluting down a series of blanks and aliquoting it (taking samples from those blanks)