Serial Dilution Question:

A 50mL sample of ground beef in water arrives from a meat packing plant to your microbiology lab. The plant manager has submitted the sample for analysis to determine approximately how many bacterial cells are present per mL of the ground beef slurry.

Using the sample as your stock solution, describe how to prepare a serial dilution from 1:10 to 1:106. Use water as the solvent. Create a bulleted list describing what volumes are being transferred, and how much solvent is added each time. Indicate how much liquid will be left in each tube (the original sample and all of the dilution tubes) at the end of the process. Use the example from the middle of page 3 as your model.