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CFU

Acronym for: colony-forming unit.

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Re: Bacterial Calculation

Hallo, You don`t need a serial dilution calculator ... seriously. If you get 55 colonies at a 10^4 dilution, then you have 5.5*10^5 cfu/mL (in case you used an aliquot of 1 mL). If you count 85 colonies at a 10^5 dilution then it`s 8.5*10^6 cfu/mL, which is already close to the concentration ...

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by EnricoPallazzo
Sun Jan 13, 2013 9:43 am
 
Forum: Microbiology
Topic: Bacterial Calculation
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Views: 678

CFU conversion

Then I think I should just ignore the cfu and convert Mol to mMol, because it clearly specifies that the concentration is 3.39 mol/cfu. Thanks a lot. :)

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by Holmes
Mon Dec 03, 2012 8:22 am
 
Forum: Microbiology
Topic: CFU conversion
Replies: 4
Views: 1045

CFU conversion

Then it's technically per CFU, because each cell theoretically give rise to single colony. On the other hand, the concentration inside cell will be different from that in media.

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by JackBean
Tue Nov 27, 2012 10:09 am
 
Forum: Microbiology
Topic: CFU conversion
Replies: 4
Views: 1045

CFU conversion

The problem is, I want to use the concentration value somewhere else and I want it to be specified in millimoles. Is it okay if I just ignore the cfu and use the value as millimol? Will it remain same? I just want the concentration of ATP inside the bacterial cell.

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by Holmes
Tue Nov 27, 2012 12:54 am
 
Forum: Microbiology
Topic: CFU conversion
Replies: 4
Views: 1045

CFU conversion

you have to keep it in mmol/CFU

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by JackBean
Mon Nov 26, 2012 8:55 pm
 
Forum: Microbiology
Topic: CFU conversion
Replies: 4
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