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NALT Full

Preferred term

plate count

Type

Topic

Definition

The number of bacterial or fungal colonies that develop in culture media in a petri dish with a known amount of inoculum.
Source: NAL Thesaurus Staff
Type: Concept definition

Broader concept

laboratory techniques

Related concepts

Synonyms

bacterial count
bacterial enumeration
fungal count
microbial colony count
microbial enumeration
total viable count

In other languages

conteo sobre placa

Spanish

URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/15129

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