You count 153 colonies on the 1:100,000 poor milk sample plate from the Bacterial Examination of Milk exercise. Calculate the number of bacteria per ml of milk (CFU/ml).

A) 1.53 x 10-8 CFU/ml
B) 1.53 x 106 CFU/ml
C) 1.53 x 108 CFU/ml
D) 1.53 x 10-7 CFU/ml
E) 1.53 x 107 CFU/ml


E) 1.53 x 107 CFU/ml

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