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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

deprecated concept

Entry terms

CFU
colonies forming units
colony forming units

Scope note

MS Academic Keywords

Creator

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2195-3997

URI

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

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Created 8/3/16, last modified 6/18/18

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