Enumeration by direct count of viable, isolated bacterial, archaeal, or fungal CELLS
or SPORES capable of growth on solid CULTURE MEDIA. The method is used routinely by
environmental microbiologists for quantifying organisms in AIR; FOOD; and WATER; by
clinicians for measuring patients' microbial load; and in antimicrobial drug testing
Note générale sur le champ d'application :
coordinate NIM with organism /growth or /isol (IM) as appropriate