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7:34 AM on June 24, 2008
keerthi's Answer
as u have asked in the health sec, CFU realted to health signifies colony forming unit.
In microbiology, colony-forming unit (CFU) is a measure of viable bacterial or fungal numbers. Unlike in direct microscopic counts where all cells, dead and living, are counted, CFU measures viable cells. By convenience the results are given as , colony-forming units per milliliter.
This technique allows the user to know how many CFU are per mL in the sample. Therefore, it allows knowing which is the microbiological load and the magnitude of the infection in humans and animals, or the degree of contamination in samples of water, vegetables, soil or fruits and in industrial products and the equipment.
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4:00 PM on June 24, 2008
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