Q.WhatisC.F.U?
>A colony-forming unit(CFU)isaunitthatis
usedtoestimatethenumberofviablebacteria
orfungalcellsinasample.Colonyforming
unitsareusedasameasureofthenumberof
micro-organismspresentinoronsurfaceofa
sample.
Todeterminethenumberofcolonyforming
units,asampleispreparedandspreador
poureduniformlyonasurfaceofanagarplate
andthenincubatedatsomesuitable
temperatureforanumberofdays.Thecolonies
thatformsarecounted.
