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Colony-forming unit — Wikipedia (en)

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  title = {Colony-forming unit — Wikipedia (en)},
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  url = {https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colony-forming_unit},
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In microbiology, a colony-forming unit (CFU, cfu or Cfu) is a unit which estimates the number of microbial cells (bacteria, fungi, viruses etc.) in a sample that are viable and able to multiply via binary fission under the controlled conditions. Determining colony-forming units requires culturing the microbes and counting only viable cells, in contrast with microscopic examination which counts all cells, living or dead. The visual appearance of a colony in a cell culture requires significant growth, and when counting colonies, it is uncertain if the colony arose from a single cell or a group of cells. Expressing results as colony-forming units reflects this uncertainty.

Tema degli esploratori: scienze della vita e salute (deposito sistematico; ricerca «microbiology»).
Fonte: Wikipedia in inglese, voce «Colony-forming unit» — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colony-forming_unit
Wikidata Q954757 (dati Wikidata in CC0 1.0) — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q954757
Autori: i contributori di Wikipedia (cronologia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colony-forming_unit?action=history).
Licenza: Creative Commons Attribuzione-Condividi allo stesso modo 4.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0) — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/. Il riuso richiede attribuzione e stessa licenza.
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