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Description

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.
[MeSH 2015: D015169] Source: National Library of Medicine, MeSH 2015, MeSH 2015: D015169

Basic Part Properties

Part Display Name
Colony count
Part Type
Component (Describes the core component or analyte measured)
Created On
2000-05-04
Construct for LOINC Short Name
CC

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Language Variants Get Info

Tag Language Translation
zh-CN Chinese (China) 菌落计数
fr-CA French (Canada) Numération sur plaque
et-EE Estonian (Estonia) Kolooniate arv
es-ES Spanish (Spain) Recuento de colonias
it-IT Italian (Italy) Colonia, conta
Synonyms: Conta di colonia
tr-TR Turkish (Turkey) Koloni sayısı
ru-RU Russian (Russian Federation) Колония количество
Synonyms: Колоний количество
nl-NL Dutch (Netherlands) kolonie aantal
fr-BE French (Belgium) Numération sur plaque
Synonyms: Comptage colonies sur plaque