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....