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25. In geheral, direct methods for enumerating bacterial populations in food are

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Question

25. In geheral, direct methods for enumerating bacterial populations in food are ONLY useful wbén: a. The load of bacteria is higher than 10/ml and you not concerned with speciation b. T he load of bacteria is higher than 10/ml and you are only concerned with G+ cocci c. The load of bacteria is higher than 103/ml and you are only concerned with Bacilli d. The load of bacteria is lower than 10'/ml and you are not concerned with speciation e. The load of bacteria contains mainly rod-shaped species

Explanation / Answer

a. the load of bacteria is higher than 105 /ml and you are not concerned with specation because most of the bacterial genus may cause infections in the body which enter by food and water.