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Save and Sub Click Submit to complete this assessment Question 1 Question 12 3 points When enumerating microorganisms in a liquid culture, the concentration determined by the direct count method is expected to be higher than the concentration determined by the viable count method True False

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this statement is true because

• In direct cell count methods total cells are counted in given volume of cells that are may be all infecting bacteria.this number is always more than viable cell number.
• While in viable count method only viable cells living at that time in given selective media are counted.
• Viable cell number is  always less than direct count number.