A. Cohesion is a property of water that describes the attraction due to hydrogen bonding between water molecules.
Conjugation is when genetic material is transferred from one bacteria to another via direct contact. Neither of these options are completely correct, but the more correct one would be the first.
<h3>Answer</h3>
15 = 1.5 × 10^1
1.5 =1.5 × 10^0
0.015 = 1.5 × 10^-2
0.15 = 1.5 × 10^-1
150 = 1.5 × 10^2
<h3>How to convert to scientific notation</h3>
- Move the decimal point in your number until there is only one non-zero digit to the left of the decimal point. Let says it is X
- Count how many places you moved the decimal point. Let say it is Y.
- If you moved the decimal to the left b is positive.
- If you moved the decimal to the right b is negative.
- If you did not need to move the decimal b = 0.
- Write your scientific notation number as X x 10^Y.
Answer: the cfu/g Gram-negative bacteria in the fecal sample is C = 3.0 × 10^3
Explanation:
We know that; Gram negative bacteria looks pale reddish in color under a light microscope from Gram staining.
therefore
There are 30 red bacterial colonies counted.
1 mL of from tube 1 was removed and added to tube with 99 mL saline (tube 2) dilution is 1/100.
transferred volume into the plate is 1 mL.
Now, we have to determine the cfu/g Gram-negative bacteria in the fecal sample
Formula to calculate CFU/g bacteria in fecal sample is expressed as;
C = n/(s×d )
where C is concentration (CFU/g)
, n is number of colonies
, s is volume transferred to plate
, d is dilution factor.
so we substitute
C = 30 / ((1/100) × 1)
C = 30 / 0.01
C = 3000
C = 3.0 × 10^3
THERFERE, the cfu/g Gram-negative bacteria in the fecal sample is C = 3.0 × 10^3
