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- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Copyright
- "Copyright © 1960 Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company"
- ISSN
- 1364-5072
- eISSN
- 1365-2672
- DOI
- 10.1111/j.1365-2672.1960.tb00177.x
- Publisher site
- See Article on Publisher Site
Abstract
SUMMARY: A statistical experiment has shown that no significant proportion of the errors of determination of bacterial populations by the surface drop method could be attributed to the dropping technique employed. With both pure and mixed cultures the numbers of colonies/drop followed a Poisson distribution very closely.
Journal
Journal of Applied Microbiology – Oxford University Press
Published: Apr 1, 1960