<p><a href=“http://www.cat.cc.md.us/courses/bio141/labmanua/lab2/sminsol.html[/url]”>http://www.cat.cc.md.us/courses/bio141/labmanua/lab2/sminsol.html</a>
^^According to that photo, Serratia marcescens looks like that after cultivated on a petri plate. Then how am I to “measure” its growth? It doesn’t seem like I can count the bacterial colonies? Or could I? Basically, HOW DO I MEASURE THE BACTERIA GROWTH?!??!</p>
<p>Apparently a fairly common question! Try googling your question (I did). Surprised how many times “How do I measure bacteria growth” popped up. Apparently you can physically count the dots (tedious and time consuming) or there is a technique of shining light through the dish and measuring the amount of light that gets through. Good luck! :)</p>
<p>Do you have a contril group…sometimes if you can’t cound the growth exactly, when you have a control group to compare it to, it helps with results.</p>
<p>My D did a project on dog saliva and bacteria…it was jsut plain nasty</p>