GATE XL · 2024 · XL-S
Question 83: Microbial Growth
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Question 83
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A landfill sample was analyzed by dilution and plate techniques for viable bacterial count. When one gram of the landfill sample was diluted 1 × 10⁻⁴ (w/v) it yielded 400 CFU. The viable bacterial count (in million, rounded off to the nearest integer) in one gram landfill sample is ______.
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2024XL-S
GATE XL 2024 · Paper 1
Life Sciences · Original paper archive
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- Section XL-S
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- Numerical answer (NAT)
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- 2 marks
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