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Microbiology

the large gap between the number of microbial cells seen under a microscope and the far fewer that grow on culture plates.

In microbiology, great plate count anomaly refers to the large gap between the number of microbial cells seen under a microscope and the far fewer that grow on culture plates. This meaning comes from Staley (1985) in Annual Review of Microbiology.[1]

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References

Staley, J. T., & Konopka, A. (1985). Measurement of in Situ Activities of Nonphotosynthetic Microorganisms in Aquatic and Terrestrial Habitats. Annual Review of Microbiology, 39(1), 321-346. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.mi.39.100185.001541

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