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  2. Plate count agar - Wikipedia

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    Plate count agar (PCA), also called standard methods agar (SMA), is a microbiological growth medium commonly used to assess or to monitor "total" or viable bacterial growth of a sample. PCA is not a selective medium. The total number of living aerobic bacteria can be determined using a plate count agar which is a substrate for bacteria to grow ...

  3. Colony-forming unit - Wikipedia

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    As the surface area of most filters is less than that of a standard Petri dish, the linear range of the plate count will be less. [11] The Miles and Misra methods or drop-plate method wherein a very small aliquot (usually about 10 microliters) of sample from each dilution in series is dropped onto a Petri dish. The drop dish must be read while ...

  4. Bacteriological water analysis - Wikipedia

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    The plate count method relies on bacteria growing a colony on a nutrient medium so that the colony becomes visible to the naked eye and the number of colonies on a plate can be counted. To be effective, the dilution of the original sample must be arranged so that on average between 30 and 300 colonies of the target bacterium are grown.

  5. Bioburden - Wikipedia

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    In the Plate Count Method, the sample of drug product to be tested and Soybean-Casein Digest Broth is poured into a Petri dish. [4] The Petri dish is then incubated. The most probable number method (MPN) can also be performed for products considered to have a low bioburden [clarification needed]. The MPN is considered to be one of the least ...

  6. Agar plate - Wikipedia

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    An agar plate is a Petri dish that contains a growth medium solidified with agar, used to culture microorganisms. Sometimes selective compounds are added to influence growth, such as antibiotics. [1] 96 pinner used to perform spot assays with yeast, fungal or bacterial cells. Individual microorganisms placed on the plate will grow into ...

  7. Microbiological culture - Wikipedia

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    Microbial cultures on solid and liquid media. A microbiological culture, or microbial culture, is a method of multiplying microbial organisms by letting them reproduce in predetermined culture medium under controlled laboratory conditions. Microbial cultures are foundational and basic diagnostic methods used as research tools in molecular biology.

  8. Total viable count - Wikipedia

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    Total viable count (TVC), gives a quantitative estimate of the concentration of microorganisms such as bacteria, yeast or mould spores in a sample. The count represents the number of colony forming units (cfu) per g (or per ml) of the sample. A TVC is achieved by plating serial tenfold dilutions of the sample until between 30 and 300 colonies ...

  9. Theoretical plate - Wikipedia

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    A theoretical plate in many separation processes is a hypothetical zone or stage in which two phases, such as the liquid and vapor phases of a substance, establish an equilibrium with each other. Such equilibrium stages may also be referred to as an equilibrium stage, ideal stage, or a theoretical tray. The performance of many separation ...