Agarose gel
Bioluminescence
Camera lens focal lengths
CCD camera
Chemiluminescence
Cloning
Colony counting
Colorimetric blots
DGGE
DIGE 2D gels
DNA
F-Stop
Film
Fluorescence
Fluorophore
Gel documentation
Gel electrophoresis
Gel imaging
GFP plant imaging
In-cell western
In-Gel western
In-vivo imaging
Infra-red imaging
Lens
Membrane
Molecular weight ladder
Multiplexed western blot
Nitrocellulose membranes
PCR
Polyacrylamide gel
Proteins
PVDF membranes
Safe dye imaging
Signal to noise ratio
Stain Free Gels
TGX Stain-free™ gels
Thin Layer chromatography (TLC)
UV shadowing
Western blotting
Glossary definition of
Definition of Colony counting
One method of determining the concentration of microbes in a sample is to dilute the sample, grow the microbes on plates and count the colonies. Colony counts are used to detect and count microbes in soil, water and food.