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Meaning of CFU | Babel Free

Noun CEFR A2

Definitions

Initialism of colony-forming unit.

abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

Examples

“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.)”

CEFR level

A2

Elementary
This word is part of the CEFR A2 vocabulary — elementary level.

See also

CFWH CFZ CG CG lightning CG/L CGA