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colony-forming unit (複数形 colony-forming units)
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出典:『Wikipedia』 (2011/07/23 13:23 UTC 版)
In microbiology, colony-forming unit (CFU or cfu) is a measure of viable bacterial or fungal numbers. Unlike direct microscopic counts where all cells, dead and living, are counted, CFU measures viable cells. For convenience the results are given as CFU/mL (colony-forming units per milliliter) for liquids, and CFU/g (colony-forming units per gram) for solids.