The method in which a measured volume of bacterial suspension is placed within a defined area on a microscope slide is called the

A. direct microscope count.
B. pour plate method.
C. spread plate method.
D. most probable number method


Ans: A. direct microscope count.

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Which of the following statements about the pathogen-specific response is true?

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