Preferred Label : colony count, microbial;
MeSH definition : 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.;
MeSH synonym : counts, microbial colony; colony forming units assays, microbial; count, microbial colony; colony counts, microbial; microbial colony count; microbial colony counts; colony-forming units assay, microbial; colony forming units assay, microbial;
MeSH hyponym : agar dilution count; streak plate count; fungal count; spread plate count; pour plate count; spore count; Count, Fungal; Counts, Fungal; Fungal Counts; Count, Streak Plate; Counts, Streak Plate; Streak Plate Counts; Count, Spore; Counts, Spore; Spore Counts; Count, Spread Plate; Counts, Spread Plate; Spread Plate Counts; Agar Dilution Counts; Count, Agar Dilution; Counts, Agar Dilution; Dilution Count, Agar; Dilution Counts, Agar; Count, Pour Plate; Counts, Pour Plate; Pour Plate Counts;
MeSH annotation : coordinate NIM with organism /growth or /isol (IM) as appropriate;
Origin ID : D015169;
UMLS CUI : C0009380;
Allowable qualifiers
- Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Record concept(s)
- See also
- Semantic type(s)
- UMLS correspondences (same concept)
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.
