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CFU¹

noun CFUs · cfu · Cfu

  1. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of colony-forming unit The three water samples for total coliform bacteria were 57,000 CFUs, 43,000 CFUs and 45,000 CFUs. (Colony-forming units, or CFUs, estimate the number of bacteria or fungal cells that have the ability to multiply in a sample.)

cfu²

noun

  1. alternative Alternative form of CFU

Cfu³

noun

  1. alternative Alternative form of CFU

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@misc{cfu_2026,
  title = {cfu},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cfu},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}