mccardy's tables
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SOP: McCrady's Tables
IntroductionBelow is a 5-tube MPN table used to determine the most probable number of positive organisms per 1 mL of inoculum. This is an abbreviated table as the full table would be too large. The actual amount of sample inoculum decreases ten-fold with each succeeding set of tubes.
In the first column are the results of the 10 mL tube, in the second column are the 1 mL tube results and in the third column the results of the 0.1 mL tubes.
McCrady's Tables for 5 Tubes
Number of Positive
MPN per 1 mL of Inoculum
First Set of Tubes - 10 mL
Second Set of Tubes - 1 mL
Third Set of Tubes - 0.1 mL
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
0
0
1
1
2
2
0
0
1
1
1
2
2
0
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
1
2
0
1
0.12
0.08
0.11
0.11
0.14
0.14
0.17
0.13
0.17
0.17
0.21
0.26
0.22
0.26
4
4
4
3
3
4
0
1
0
0.27
0.33
0.34