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Term: microbial starter organism count (microb_start_count)

Total cell count of starter culture per gram, volume or area of sample and the method that was used for the enumeration (e.g. qPCR, atp, mpn, etc.) should also be provided. (example : total prokaryotes; 3.5e7 cells per ml; qPCR)

URI: MIXS:0001218

Applicable Checklists and Extensions

NOTE: does not include Combinations (of checklists and extensions) that use microb_start_count.

Name Description Checklist/Extension
FoodHumanFoods A collection of terms appropriate when collecting samples and performing sequ... Extension

Properties

  • Range: String
  • Cardinality: 0..1

Examples

Value
total prokaryotes;3.5e9 colony forming units per milliliter;spread plate

Annotations

  • Expected_value: organism name; measurement value; enumeration
  • Preferred_unit: colony forming units per milliliter; colony forming units per gram of dry weight

LinkML Source

name: microb_start_count
annotations:
  Expected_value:
    tag: Expected_value
    value: organism name; measurement value; enumeration
  Preferred_unit:
    tag: Preferred_unit
    value: colony forming units per milliliter; colony forming units per gram of dry
      weight
description: 'Total cell count of starter culture per gram, volume or area of sample
  and the method that was used for the enumeration (e.g. qPCR, atp, mpn, etc.) should
  also be provided. (example : total prokaryotes; 3.5e7 cells per ml; qPCR)'
title: microbial starter organism count
examples:
- value: total prokaryotes;3.5e9 colony forming units per milliliter;spread plate
from_schema: https://w3id.org/mixs
keywords:
- count
- microbial
- organism
string_serialization: '{text};{float} {unit};[ATP|MPN|qPCR|spread plate|other]'
slot_uri: MIXS:0001218
alias: microb_start_count
domain_of:
- FoodHumanFoods
range: string