MPN: Most Probable Number and Other Microbial Enumeration Techniques
Martine S. Ferguson, John Ihrie
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Martine S. Ferguson, John Ihrie
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Calculates the Most Probable Number (MPN) to quantify the concentration (density) of microbes in serial dilutions of a laboratory sample (described in Jarvis, 2010 <doi:10.1111/j.1365-2672.2010.04792.x>). Also calculates the Aerobic Plate Count (APC) for similar microbial enumeration experiments.
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Calculates the Most Probable Number (MPN) to quantify the concentration (density) of microbes in serial dilutions of a laboratory sample (described in Jarvis, 2010 <doi:10.1111/j.1365-2672.2010.04792.x>). Also calculates the Aerobic Plate Count (APC) for similar microbial enumeration experiments.
Key concepts: Enumeration, Most probable number, Mathematics, Biology, Computer science, Statistics, Combinatorics, Genetics