In the viable plate count method, a measured volume of a culture is evenly spread across an agar surface and incubated.Each _____ represents one _____ from the original sample.

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Each colony that forms on the agar surface represents one viable cell from the original sample that was capable of growing and dividing to form a visible colony.

In the Viable Plate Count Method, a Measured Volume of a Culture