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dilutions successives de raison 10

English translation: serial 10-fold dilutions


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French term or phrase:dilutions successives de raison 10
English translation:serial 10-fold dilutions
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18:14 Jun 8, 2009
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Medical - Medical: Health Care
French term or phrase: dilutions successives de raison 10
1 Contrôle de fertilité des milieux en présence du produit à tester
1.1 Validation de la méthode de dénombrement

1.1.1 Les souches utilisées :
Staphylbcoccus aureus
Escherichia coli
Bacillus subtilis
Candida albicans
Aspergillus niger

1.1.2 Chaque tube permet de réaliser les dilutions successives de raison 10 en cryptone sel. Une suspension de 10,000 germes par ml est alors préparée

Thanks for any help
mohanv
India
Local time: 17:32
serial 10-fold dilutions
Explanation:
"raison" in this context has come up before. It means a series such as 1000 mg/ml, 100 mg/ml, 10 mg/ml, 1 mg/ml... where you dilute each dilution obtained 1 in 10.

http://www.proz.com/kudoz/french_to_english/science_general/...

Quantitative PCR Protocols - Google Books Result
by Bernd Kochanowski, Udo Reischl - 1999 - Science - 304 pages
Prepare six serial 10-fold dilutions (neat, 1 in 10, 1 in 100, 1 in 1000, ... Prepare Eppendorf tubes with six serial 10-fold dilutions of standard CMV DNA ...
books.google.com/books?isbn=0896035182...


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Helen Genevier
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Local time: 13:02
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4 +8serial 10-fold dilutions
Helen Genevier
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de raison
Valentina Viganò

  

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times 10


Explanation:
a dilution x 10 (à raison de et pas de raison àma)

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23 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +8
serial 10-fold dilutions


Explanation:
"raison" in this context has come up before. It means a series such as 1000 mg/ml, 100 mg/ml, 10 mg/ml, 1 mg/ml... where you dilute each dilution obtained 1 in 10.

http://www.proz.com/kudoz/french_to_english/science_general/...

Quantitative PCR Protocols - Google Books Result
by Bernd Kochanowski, Udo Reischl - 1999 - Science - 304 pages
Prepare six serial 10-fold dilutions (neat, 1 in 10, 1 in 100, 1 in 1000, ... Prepare Eppendorf tubes with six serial 10-fold dilutions of standard CMV DNA ...
books.google.com/books?isbn=0896035182...




Helen Genevier
France
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agree  Rachel Fell: Seems right:-)
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agree  Suzanne Owen
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agree  Isabelle Berquin: Absolutely!
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8 mins
Reference: de raison

Reference information:
Not my field, but could be "at the rate of" see link to wordreference forum
this would mean that you can translate: subsequent dilutions at the rate of 10 at a time.


    Reference: http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=1237068
Valentina Viganò
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