CFU

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See also: cfu and Cfu

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CFU (plural CFUs)

  1. (cytology, microbiology) Initialism of colony-forming unit.
    • 2017 September 1, Susan Scutti, “Sewage, fecal bacteria in Hurricane Harvey floodwaters”, in CNN:
      The three water samples for total coliform bacteria were 57,000 CFUs, 43,000 CFUs and 45,000 CFUs. (Colony-forming units, or CFUs, estimate the number of bacteria or fungal cells that have the ability to multiply in a sample.)

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