National Cancer Institute Thesaurus

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Preferred Name

Colony Forming Unit
Synonyms

Colony Forming Unit

colony forming units

COLONY FORMING UNITS

CFU

[CFU]

Definitions

The minimum number of separable cells which is able to produce a detectable colony of progeny. Examples of CFU usage include, but are not limited to, the measurement of the number of viable bacteria present in the environment, and the ability of stem cells to produce cells of single or multiple lineages.

ID

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C68742

code

C68742

Concept_In_Subset

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C176677

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C54452

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C67567

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C168632

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C133805

Contributing_Source

FDA

UCUM

DEFINITION

The minimum number of separable cells which is able to produce a detectable colony of progeny. Examples of CFU usage include, but are not limited to, the measurement of the number of viable bacteria present in the environment, and the ability of stem cells to produce cells of single or multiple lineages.

FDA_Table

Potency (C-DRG-00501)

FULL_SYN

Colony Forming Unit

colony forming units

COLONY FORMING UNITS

CFU

[CFU]

label

Colony Forming Unit

Legacy Concept Name

Colony_Forming_Unit

Preferred_Name

Colony Forming Unit

prefixIRI

Thesaurus:C68742

Semantic_Type

Quantitative Concept

UMLS_CUI

C0553561

subClassOf

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C67373

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C48470

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