The colony-forming unit (CFU) assay is the gold standard for enumerating viable cells in microbiology labs around the world 1,2,3,4,5,6. The CFU assay combines simplicity with readily available ...
Bacteria can survive under an amazing variety of different conditions, ranging from deep sea waters 1,2 to aerobic 3,4, anaerobic 5,6, and high temperature conditions 7,8 and can even be revived from ...