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pure culture
noun
- the growth of only one microorganism in a culture.
pure culture
noun
- bacteriol a culture containing a single species of microorganism
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Word History and Origins
Origin of pure culture1
First recorded in 1890–95
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Example Sentences
In the tenth week the bacillus present when in pure culture killed a guinea-pig in thirty-six hours.
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Having obtained a pure culture of bacteria, they may easily be studied under the compound microscope.
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When we have succeeded in isolating a certain kind of bacterium in a given dish, we are said to have a pure culture.
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The resulting growth will almost certainly be a pure culture of the yeast.
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The social hour, however, occasionally develops in a direction quite away from the realms of pure culture.
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