For bacterial enumeration by drop and spread plate methods, successive dilutions of second subculture of Lactobacillus casei and Salmonella Typhimurium were transferred to selective agar. spread plate method by parametric and nonparametric statistical tests. The objective of this research was to compare the accuracy and fidelity of drop plate method vs. Drop plate technique has a priority and preference compared with the spread plate procedure, because of less time, quantity of media, effort requirement, little incubator space, and less labor intensive.
