Colony Count, Microbial |
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| Bacterial Counts; Colony Forming Units Assay, Microbial; Colony Forming Units Assays, Microbial; Count, Bacterial; Counts, Bacterial; Agar Dilution Counts; Colony Counts, Microbial; Count, Agar Dilution; Count, Fungal; Count, Microbial Colony | |
| Enumeration by direct count of viable, isolated bacterial, archaeal, or fungal CELLS or SPORES capable of growth on solid CULTURE MEDIA. Each colony (i.e., microbial colony-forming unit) represents the progeny of a single cell in the original inoculum. The method is used routinely by environmental microbiologists for quantifying organisms in AIR; FOOD; and WATER; by clinicians for measuring patients' microbial load; and in antimicrobial drug testing. | |