Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
sembrada por diseminación
English translation:
spread plated
Added to glossary by
patyjs
Nov 2, 2012 14:56
11 yrs ago
Spanish term
sembrada por diseminación
Spanish to English
Science
Biology (-tech,-chem,micro-)
This is from a question on a microbiology exam.
"Al realizar el conteo microbiano, en la dilución 10-3, se cuentan 68 colonias y la muestra fue sembrada por diseminación. ¿Cuàl es la cantidad..."
Thanks!
"Al realizar el conteo microbiano, en la dilución 10-3, se cuentan 68 colonias y la muestra fue sembrada por diseminación. ¿Cuàl es la cantidad..."
Thanks!
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 +1 | spread plate |
James A. Walsh
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Proposed translations
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41 mins
James A. Walsh
Spain
Spain
Native in Spanish
&
English
Works in field
Spain
A cut above the rest in translation...
Native in: English (Variants: US, UK, Irish) 
, Spanish (Variants: Standard-Spain, Latin American)
Works in: Spanish to English, French to English, English to Spanish, and 2 more.
Related KudoZ points
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Spanish term (edited):
sembrada por diseminación
Selected
spread plate
Not really my area, but from looking around, this is my suggestion. See previous KudoZ question for "sembrar" and other links.
http://tinyurl.com/csweggn
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Note added at 56 mins (2012-11-02 15:52:33 GMT)
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Glad to help :) BTW, totally meant to type plateD above...
http://tinyurl.com/csweggn
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Note added at 56 mins (2012-11-02 15:52:33 GMT)
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Glad to help :) BTW, totally meant to type plateD above...
Reference:
http://www.proz.com/kudoz/spanish_to_english/science/430579-sembrar.html
http://www.unido.org/fileadmin/media/documents/pdf/Agro/MacroLab.pdf
Note from asker:
| Aha! I had got to plated but couldn't figure out the correct phrase. Many thank James and Ron. |
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Ron Hartong PhD (X)
: Just beat me to it; the search "sample * spread plated" microbiology will give you many hits.
2 mins
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Thanks, Ron.
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks for your help!"
Discussion
UFC/ml = unidades formadoras de colonias/ml;
the English equivalent is
CFU/ml (colony-forming units per milliliter).