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Preferred term

colony forming unit

Definition

  • [Wikipedia, 2016-08-16] In microbiology, a strongcolony-forming unit/strong (strongCFU/strong) is a unit used to estimate the number of viable bacteria or span class=\\"mw-redirect\\"fungal cells in a sample.

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • CFU
  • colonies forming units
  • colony forming units

Scope note

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URI

http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/msa0246

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