title: Averaging of TNTC counts.
abstract: When plate count methods are used for microbial enumeration, if too-numerous-to-count results occur, they are commonly discarded. In this paper, a method for consideration of such results in computation of an average microbial density is developed, and its use is illustrated by example.
authors.affiliation: Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago 60616.
authors.forename: C N
authors.initials: CN
authors.lastname: Haas
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Heller
mesh_terms: D001419:Bacteria / Q000254:growth & development*; D015169:Colony Count, Microbial; D008433:Mathematics; D011336:Probability; D012984:Software; D010948:Viral Plaque Assay / Q000379:methods*; D014780:Viruses / Q000254:growth & development*