You count 64 colonies on the 1:1000 plate from the Bacterial Examination of Food exercise. Calculate the number of bacteria per gram of food (CFU/g).

A) 6.4 x 10-4 CFU/g
B) 6.4 x 10-3 CFU/g
C) 6.4 x 104 CFU/g
D) 6.4 x 10-5 CFU/g


C) 6.4 x 104 CFU/g

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