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Definition of Axenic

1. Adjective. (of experimental animals) raised under sterile conditions. "Germfree animals"

2. Adjective. (used of cultures of microorganisms) completely free from other organisms. "An axenic culture"

Definition of Axenic

1. Adjective. (biology) Containing only a single species of microorganism. For example, an "axenic culture" means that a pure sample of the organism in question has been grown. ¹

2. Adjective. (biology) Isolated from organisms of any other species ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Axenic

1. free from germs [adj]

Medical Definition of Axenic

1. A cell culture that contains only one species. (18 Nov 2007)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Axenic

axe murderer axe murderers axeblade axeblades axed axehandle axehandles axehead axeheads axel

axeless axelike axels axeman axemen axenic (current term) axenic culture axenically axenization axenizations

axerophthol axes axes of rotation axhandle axhandles axhead axheads axial axial ametropia axial aneurysm

Literary usage of Axenic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Biotechnology of Algae: A Bibliography by Virginia Stone (1994)
"Methods for the isolation, purification, preservation and cultivation of axenic cyanobacteria and eukaryotic cultures have been developed. ..."

2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"While looking for optimum conditions for the growth of this organism, we found that GA (11) in low quantities induces rapid growth in axenic cultures. ..."

3. Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (1903)
"Forty-two-day-old Swiss-Webster axenic mice obtained from Charles Rivers Laboratories were used in these experiments. Animals were maintained in a germ-free ..."

4. Manual of Microbiologic Monitoring of Laboratory Animals edited by Kim Waggie (1994)
"P. pneumotropica can colonize and be maintained in the intestinal tract of axenic rats (15). Overall, little has been done to investigate the occurrence of ..."

5. Forest Tree Seed Health: : Health for Germplasm Conservationby Jack R. Sutherland, Patricia Berjak, Marlene Diekmann by Jack R. Sutherland, Patricia Berjak, Marlene Diekmann (2002)
"... on the basis of the separated components (seed coverings, storage tissues, embryonic axes); 2. expert identification of axenic isolates should be made; ..."

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