The most probable number method, otherwise known as the method of Poisson zeroes, is a method of getting quantitative data on concentrations of discrete items from positive/negative (incidence) data. There are many discrete entities that are easily detected but difficult to count. Any sort of amplification reaction or catalysis reaction obliterate...
A procedure for estimating microbial population by making serial dilutions of 3 or 5 samples and noting the greatest dilutions in which growth occurs.
A method for counting organisms, using liquid media; also a statistical expression providing a measure of cell number in a population.
statistical value representing the viable bacterial population in a sample obtained after a series of dilutions and multiple tube inoculations
An estimate of microbial density per unit volume of water sample, based on probability theory.