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Appendix B: Feller Conversion Table
Sampling Head with 300 Holes x 0.6mm
R = number of Colony Forming Units (CFU) counted on 90 mm petri dish agar after incubation
P
R
= Most Probable Number (MPN) of microorganisms in volume of air sampled
N = number of holes in ActiveCount100 sampling head (300)
NOTE: Table values calculated from P
R
= N [1/N + 1/(N-1) + 1/(N-2) + 1/(N-R+1)] (Feller, 1950)