Microbiology: Principles and Explorations 9th Edition

Published by Wiley
ISBN 10: 1-11874-316-4
ISBN 13: 978-1-11874-316-4

Chapter 6 - Growth and Culturing of Bacteria - Self Quiz - Page 177: 5

Answer

(a) Estimate the number of viable microbes in a water sample

Work Step by Step

The most probable number (MPN) technique is a method in order to estimate the number of viable microbes in a water sample. It is used when the sample contains too few organisms to give reliable measures of population size. Typical MPN testing consists of five tubes of each of the three volumes of a dilution.
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