Enumeration by direct count of viable, isolated bacterial, archaeal, or fungal CELLS or SPORES capable of growth on solid CULTURE MEDIA. 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.

Annotation

coordinate NIM with organism /growth or /isol (IM) as appropriate

kombinuj NIM s organismem a podheslem /růst a vývoj nebo /izolace a purifikace, podle potřeby

DUI

D015169 MeSH Browser

CUI

M0023313

Previous indexing

Bacteriological Techniques (1967-1988); Microbiological Techniques (1978-1988)

History note

89

Public note

89