GATE BT · 2026 · BT
Question 33: Microbiology
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Question 33
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To determine the viable cell count of a bacterial culture, you have plated 50 μL of a 100-fold diluted sample of the culture on a nutrient agar plate and obtained 20 colonies after overnight incubation. The viable cell count of the culture is _____ CFU mL⁻¹. (answer in integer)
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GATE BT 2026 · Paper 1
Biotechnology · Original paper archive
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- Biotechnology
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- Numerical answer (NAT)
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- 1 mark
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