Look up: axenic

1. Axenic
   In biology, axenic describes a culture of an organism that is entirely free of all other "contaminating" organisms. The earliest axenic cultures were of bacteria or unicellular eukaryotes, but axenic cultures of many multicellular organisms are also possible. Axenic culture is an important tool for...
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2. Axenic
   Pure, uncontaminated e.g. an axenic culture is a pure culture.
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3. axenic
   [adj] - (of experimental animals) raised under sterile conditions 2. [adj] - used of cultures of microorganisms
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4. axenic
   not contaminated by or, associated with any foreign organisms... Category: General • not contaminated by or,associated with any foreign organisms Category: Medicine
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5. axenic
   A situation in which only one species is present. Thus an axenic culture is uncontaminated by organisms of other species, an axenic organism does not have commensal organisms in the gut etc. Some organisms have obligate symbionts and cannot be grown axenically.
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6. axenic
   <biology> A situation in which only one species is present. Thus an axenic culture is uncontaminated by organisms of other species, an axenic organism does not have commensal organisms in the gut etc. ... Some organisms have obligate symbionts and cannot be grown axenically. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
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7. axenic
   adjective used of cultures of microorganisms; not contaminated by or completely free of the presence of other organisms; `an axenic culture`
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8. axenic
   adjective (of experimental animals) raised under sterile conditions; `axenic conditions`; `germfree animals`
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9. axenic
   (a-zen´ik) not contaminated by or associated with any foreign organisms; used in reference to pure cultures of microorganisms or to germ-free animals.
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10. axenic
    axenic 1. Not contaminated by or associated with any foreign organisms, used in reference to pure cultures of microorganisms or to germ-free animals. 2. A reference to a pure culture free from contaminant organisms. 3. Free from contamination.
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11. axenic
    Type: Term Pronunciation: ā-zen′ik Definitions: 1. Sterile, denoting especially a pure culture. Also used to denote 'germ-free' animals born and raised in a sterile environment.
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