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plate count

[′plāt ‚kau̇nt]
(microbiology)
The number of bacterial colonies that develop on a medium in a petri dish seeded with a known amount of inoculum.
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At this concentration and at 13AdegC and 20AdegC, significant decrease in heterotrophic plate count is not observed at either pH 4.5, 7.0, and 9.5.
Table-1: Mean counts (CFU/g) of aerobic plate count, total coliform and total yeast/mold count
This reason was reported by NSW Food Authority [17] that the food Grade A as good food has standard plate count <[10.sup.4] and acceptable food has standard plate count <[10.sup.6].
Maturin L, Peeler J (1998) Aerobic plate count. In: Food and Drug Administration Bacteriological Analytical Manual, AOAC International, Gaithersburg, MD.
Total plate count (by pour plate method) was determined using Plate Count Agar incubated at 30[degrees]C for 48 h.
and heterotrophic plate count bacteria from water used in dental water lines.
Total plate count. Total plate count was determined by the procedure of Yousaf and Calstrom (2003).
Aerobic plate counts (APC) and psychrotrophs were performed using standard plate count agar (PCA; Difco, Becton Dickson, Sparks, MD, USA).
A collection of six samples of the uterine sound instrument in three Health Centers were made, and these samples were cultured and tested for aerobic plate count through pour plate method.
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