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Explain how to:
-Make a 1/10 dilution of your original yeast suspension.
-Now make 2 fold dilutions until you have 6 more standards. You have already counted your original sample so you will be able to calculate the cell density for each standard.
Answer:
Procedure to make 1/10 dilution:
Take 100ul (microliter) of the original yeast suspension and add
900ul media.
Total volume obtained = (100 + 900 = 1000ul) yeast suspension and
dilution (DF = 1/10)
Procedure to make 2 fold serial dilutions until 6 more standards:
Total dilution factor = (1/10)*(1/2)6 = 0.001563
Cell densities for each standard can be determined by dividing the original cell density with cumulative dilution factor. For example for dilution 4, cumulative dilution factor = 1/10 * 1/2 * 1/2 * 1/2 * 1/2 = 0.00625