Colony-forming unit — For the human hematopoietic cell, see Hematopoietic stem cell. In microbiology, colony forming unit (CFU or cfu) is a measure of viable bacterial or fungal numbers. Unlike direct microscopic counts where all cells, dead and living, are counted,… … Wikipedia
colony-forming unit — (= CFU S) Irradiated mice can have their immune systems reconstituted by the injection of bone marrow cells from a non irradiated animal. The injected cells form colonies in the spleen (hence S), each colony representing the progeny of a… … Dictionary of molecular biology
colony-forming unit — 1. any of several hematopoietic stem cells identified by their ability to give rise to monoclonal colonies in the spleen when transplanted into isogeneic, lethally irradiated mice. 2. in microbiology, estimation of the number of bacteria or… … Medical dictionary
unit — 1. One; a single person or thing. 2. A standard of measure, weight, or any other quality, by multiplications or fractions of which a scale or system is formed. 3. A group of persons or things considered as a whole because of mutual activities or… … Medical dictionary
List of After Colony characters — This is a list of fictional characters from the After Colony (AC) timeline of the Gundam anime metaseries, primarily Gundam Wing and Endless Waltz . The codes after the characters names indicate which series and manga the characters appear in.*… … Wikipedia
Gold Coast (British colony) — This article is about the British colony in west Africa, 1821 1957. For other uses, see Gold Coast (disambiguation) Infobox Former Country native name = conventional long name = Colony of Gold Coast common name = Gold Coast| continent = Africa… … Wikipedia
Chortitza Colony — was a Russian Mennonite settlement northwest of Khortytsia Island and is now part of Zaporizhia, Ukraine. Chortitza was founded in 1789 by Low Saxon speaking (also referred to as Mennonite Plautdietsch) Mennonite settlers from West Prussia and… … Wikipedia
cfu — • colony forming unit … Dictionary of medical acronyms & abbreviations
CFU-S — colony forming unit spleen; colony forming unit stem cells * * * colony forming unit–spleen … Medical dictionary
CFU — Colony Forming Units (Miscellaneous » Unit Measures) ** Colony Forming Unit (Medical » Human Genome) * Commercial Farmers Union (Miscellaneous » Farming) * Kerkyra, Greece (Regional » Airport Codes) * Coliform Forming Units (Medical » Laboratory) … Abbreviations dictionary
