You are testing a new antibiotic in the microbiology lab. After treating Salmonella cells with the antibiotic, you wanted to see how many viable cells remain. Which of the following methods will provide the most accurate count of viable cells? A. Fluorescence-activated cell sorting of unstained cells. B. Serial dilution followed by an optical density measurement. C. Counting cells directly using a hemocytometer. D. Serial dilution followed by a colony forming units calculation.

D. Serial dilution followed by a colony forming units calculation.

Explanation:

The best way to count bacterial cells such as Salmonella accurately is through serial dilution and calculation of colony forming units.

Serial dilution is made using a petri dish containing appropriate culture medium for Salmonella growth. In this petri dish, with the help of an inoculation loop, the suspension containing the Salmonella will be scratched in the middle of the petri dish. Then, the inoculation loop will be passed over the salmonella streaks and will be dragged to the other side of the plate, where the loop will be scratched halfway through this space. The inoculation loop should again pass over the new salmonella streaks and be dragged through the rest of the petri dish. Then one must wait for the bacterial colonies to grow inside the plate.

Once these colonies are grown, those that appear in isolation will be counted through a specific calculation for the count of salmonella colonies.

answer: angiosperms

dicots

angiosperms are highly evolved plants, they produce seeds which are enclosed within in a carple. these are the largest group of plants on earth. they include trees, shrubs, herbs and small flowering plants. angiosperms exhibit a flowering stage in their life cycle. the flower serves the function of reproduction and fruit formation in majority of angiosperms. dicot is the term used to describe flowering plants that have two seed leaves. dicots are plants which develop seeds which split into two parts called cotyledons. each cotyledon contains one embryo.

here, a small purple flower development indicates that the plant belongs to angiosperms and having two embryonic leaves indicates it belongs to dicots.