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Descriptor English: Colony Count, Microbial
Descriptor Spanish: Recuento de Colonia Microbiana
Descriptor recuento de colonias microbianas
Entry term(s) ensayo de unidades de colonias formadoras de microbios
recuento de dilución agar
recuento de esporas
recuento de placa expandida
recuento de placa fluida
recuento de placa rayada
recuento fúngico
Scope note: Enumeración mediante recuento directo de CÉLULAS o ESPORAS viables, aisladas, bacterianas, arqueales o fúngicas, capaces de crecer en MEDIOS DE CULTIVO sólidos. Cada colonia (unidad formadora de colonias microbianas) representa la prole de una única célula en la siembra original. El método lo utilizan rutinariamente los microbiólogos para cuantificar organismos en el AIRE, los ALIMENTOS y el AGUA, y los clínicos, para medir la carga microbiana en los pacientes y en las pruebas de medicamentos antimicrobianos.
Descriptor Portuguese: Contagem de Colônia Microbiana
Descriptor French: Numération de colonies microbiennes
Entry term(s): Agar Dilution Count
Agar Dilution Counts
Colony Counts, Microbial
Colony Forming Units Assay, Microbial
Colony Forming Units Assays, Microbial
Colony-Forming Units Assay, Microbial
Count, Agar Dilution
Count, Fungal
Count, Microbial Colony
Count, Pour Plate
Count, Spore
Count, Spread Plate
Count, Streak Plate
Counts, Agar Dilution
Counts, Fungal
Counts, Microbial Colony
Counts, Pour Plate
Counts, Spore
Counts, Spread Plate
Counts, Streak Plate
Dilution Count, Agar
Dilution Counts, Agar
Fungal Count
Fungal Counts
Microbial Colony Count
Microbial Colony Counts
Pour Plate Count
Pour Plate Counts
Spore Count
Spore Counts
Spread Plate Count
Spread Plate Counts
Streak Plate Count
Streak Plate Counts
Tree number(s): E01.370.225.875.220
E05.200.875.220
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D015169
Scope note: 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.
Annotation: coordinate NIM with organism /growth or /isol (IM) as appropriate
Allowable Qualifiers: CL classification
EC economics
ES ethics
HI history
IS instrumentation
MT methods
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
VE veterinary
Previous Indexing: Bacteriological Techniques (1967-1988)
Microbiological Techniques (1978-1988)
Public MeSH Note: 89
History Note: 89
Related: Microbial Viability MeSH
Parasite Load MeSH
DeCS ID: 23594
Unique ID: D015169
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1989/01/01
Date of Entry: 1988/04/08
Revision Date: 2011/06/24
Colony Count, Microbial - Preferred
Concept UI M0023313
Scope note 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.
Preferred term Colony Count, Microbial
Entry term(s) Colony Counts, Microbial
Colony Forming Units Assay, Microbial
Colony Forming Units Assays, Microbial
Colony-Forming Units Assay, Microbial
Count, Microbial Colony
Counts, Microbial Colony
Microbial Colony Count
Microbial Colony Counts
Fungal Count - Narrower
Concept UI M0023314
Preferred term Fungal Count
Entry term(s) Count, Fungal
Counts, Fungal
Fungal Counts
Streak Plate Count - Narrower
Concept UI M0023318
Preferred term Streak Plate Count
Entry term(s) Count, Streak Plate
Counts, Streak Plate
Streak Plate Counts
Spore Count - Narrower
Concept UI M0023316
Preferred term Spore Count
Entry term(s) Count, Spore
Counts, Spore
Spore Counts
Spread Plate Count - Narrower
Concept UI M0023317
Preferred term Spread Plate Count
Entry term(s) Count, Spread Plate
Counts, Spread Plate
Spread Plate Counts
Agar Dilution Count - Narrower
Concept UI M0023311
Preferred term Agar Dilution Count
Entry term(s) Agar Dilution Counts
Count, Agar Dilution
Counts, Agar Dilution
Dilution Count, Agar
Dilution Counts, Agar
Pour Plate Count - Narrower
Concept UI M0023315
Preferred term Pour Plate Count
Entry term(s) Count, Pour Plate
Counts, Pour Plate
Pour Plate Counts



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