Answer
When the number of bacterial cells is less than 10 million, there are not enough bacteria to make the water turbid. Hence the turbidity method is useful only when the number of bacteria is sufficiently large.
Work Step by Step
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Microbiology: An Introduction, 11th Edition
by Tortora, Gerard J.; Funke, Berdell R.; Case, Christine L.
Published by
Benjamin Cummings
ISBN 10:
0321733606
ISBN 13:
978-0-32173-360-3
Chapter 6 - Figure 6.21 - Turbidity estimation of bacterial numbers - Question - Page 176: 1
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