In the viable plate count method, a measured sample of a culture is evenly spread across an agar surface and incubated.Each _____ on the agar surface represents one _____ from the sample.
A)cell; cell
B)cell; colony
C)colony; cell
D)species; colony
E)generation; cell

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In the viable plate count method, each colony that appears on the agar surface originates from a single cell in the sample. This is because a colony forms from the division of one cell, multiplying into many identical cells that stay clustered together.

In the Viable Plate Count Method, a Measured Sample of a Culture