Why we are serially diluting the samples for
microbiological analysis?

Answer Posted / sujana

Usually it is done to reduce the bacterial population, so
that we can be able to count the colonies with our naked
eye.Normally it is reduced to 30 CFU to 300 CFU per plate.

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