ABSTRACT
Contents 23.1 Introduction ................................................................................................................. 462 23.2 Cultural Methods ........................................................................................................ 462
23.2.1 Enumeration Methods ................................................................................... 463 23.2.1.1 Plate Count .................................................................................... 463 23.2.1.2 Most Probable Number ................................................................. 464
23.2.2 Detection Methods ........................................................................................ 464 23.3 Alternative or Rapid Microbiological Methods ............................................................ 464
23.3.1 Methods with a Concentration Step ................................................................465 23.3.2 Detection and Enumeration Methods .............................................................465
