Definitions for "COLONY FORMING UNIT"
Keywords:  cfu, agar, viable, microorganism, aiha
The minimum number of separable cells on the surface of or in semi-solid agar medium which gives rise to a visible colony of progeny on the order of tens of millions of cells in number. CFUs may consist of pairs, chains and clusters as well as single cells.
A laboratory measure of fungal concentration, indicating the quantity of viable organisms collected for a given unit sample.
term used to enumerate bacteria by the plate count method. Colonies on a plate may arise from more than one colony, which makes CFU more correct that "number of organisms".
Keywords:  bacteria, represent, unit, numbers
Unit used to represent numbers of bacteria.