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IBERS: Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences

Plating the Dilution Series

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Figure 2a: Plating out the dilutions to estimate their cell concentrations.

0.1ml of a dilution is pipetted on to the surface of an agar plate and spread evenly using a sterile glass rod.

Figure 2b:

For the original sample and each dilution several replicate agar plates are made.

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