7. Glossary
CFU; Colony forming unit
Refers to the number of propagules giving rise to a bacterial or fungal colony on a culture medium.
Propagule; Propagule
In the literal sense of the term, a propagule is a structure of dissemination or reproduction. In microbiology, the term "propagule" is used when the origin of a colony is unknown. It may be a bacterial cell or a bacterial spore; in the case of fungi, it may be a conidia (spore of vegetative reproduction), a chlamydospore (spore of preservation), an oospore (spore of sexual reproduction), a fragment of mycelium...
Polymerase chain reaction; Réaction de polymérisation en chaîne (PCR)
This is an enzymatic amplification technique that uses a fragment of DNA to produce a large number of identical copies of the same fragment....
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- Food microbiology – Horizontal method for enumerating micro-organisms – Part 1: colony counting at 30°C using the deep seeding technique. (V08-011-1). AFNOR. - NF EN ISO 4833-1 - 2013
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