CFU

Initialism of colony-forming unit.

Noun

  1. Initialism of colony-forming unit.
    • 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...

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