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Nutrient medium

nutrient medium --> culture medium A substance, either solid or liquid, used for the cultivation, isolation,... Read More

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Agar

What Is Agar? Agar, also called agar agar, is a natural gelling agent derived from seaweed (specifically algae belonging to... Read More

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Nutrient

Definition noun, plural: nutrients Food, or any nourishing substance assimilated by an organism, and required for growth,... Read More

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Culture medium

Culture medium a substance, either solid or liquid, used for the cultivation, isolation, identification, or storage of... Read More

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Fastidious

Fastidious Definition We can define fastidious as a term used in microbiology to denote a species that lacks the ability to... Read More

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Batch processing

Batch processing (Science: technique) growth in a closed system with a specific amount of nutrient medium. In bioprocessing,... Read More

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Hypertonic

Hypertonic Definition Hypertonic is a term used to describe an entity being in the state of hypertonicity, where there is a... Read More

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Medium

medium (Science: cell biology) shorthand for culture medium or growth medium, the nutrient solution in which cells or organs... Read More

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Basal medium

Basal medium (Science: cell culture) An unsupplemented medium which promotes the growth of many types of microorganisms... Read More

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Soils

Where a plant grows and what resources are available to it is of vital importance to the life of a plant. The soil type and... Read More

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Batch culture

Definition noun, plural: batch cultures A large-scale closed system culture in which cells are grown in a fixed volume of... Read More

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Fat

Definition noun plural: fats fats, fæts A term largely applied to storage lipids in animal tissues that are usually solid... Read More

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Absorption

Absorption can be defined as the process of assimilating substances across the intestinal epithelial cells or the tissues... Read More

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Atom

In the enchanting tapestry of life, the smallest of heroes and a celestial protagonist emerges—'the atom'. With grace and... Read More

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Flagellum

Flagellum Definition Flagellum is a slender, hair-like structure composed of a complex arrangement of multiple proteins,... Read More

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Bile

Have you ever wondered how the fats from butter, cheesy burgers, and pizzas get digested in your body? Or have you heard of... Read More

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Independent variable

Independent Variable Definition To define an independent variable, let us first understand what a variable is. The word... Read More

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Asexual reproduction

Asexual Reproduction Definition What is asexual reproduction? Asexual reproduction is a type of reproduction that does not... Read More

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Turgor pressure

In biology, turgor pressure pertains to the pressure that is exerted by the fluid (e.g. water) against the cell wall. It is... Read More

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Milieu interieur

Definition noun (1) Literally means: the environment within. (2) The outside of the cells inside the body of an organism,... Read More

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Differentiation

Differentiation in biology is the process where less specialized cells undergo changes to develop specialized structures and... Read More

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Industrial Microbiology

Definition noun Related to environmental, social and economic importance that are engaged in the utilization of... Read More