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.

a·xen·ic

(ā-zen'ik),

Sterile, denoting especially a pure culture. Also used to denote "germ-free" animals born and raised in a sterile environment.
See also: gnotobiote.

[G. a- priv. + xenos, foreign]

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axenic

(ā-zĕn′ĭk, ā-zē′nĭk)

adj.

Not contaminated by or associated with any other living organisms. Usually used in reference to pure cultures of microorganisms that are completely free of the presence of other organisms.

a·xen′i·cal·ly adv.

a·xen·ic

(ā-zen'ik)

Sterile, denoting especially a pure culture (e.g., a protozoan culture uncontaminated by bacteria). Also used to denote "germ-free" animals born and raised in a sterile environment.

[G. a- priv. + xenos, foreign]

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axenic

descriptive of a pure culture where no other organism is present.

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References in periodicals archive

Preliminary studies on the axenic cultivation of a planarian (Dugesia).

A review on the effects of antimicrobials use in cultures of planktonic organisms: a procedure for ecological experiments

The characterization of axenic culture systems suitable for plant propagation and experimental studies of the submersed aquatic angiosperm Potamogeton pectinatus (sago pondweed).

MACROALGAL AND SEAGRASS DIETS ALTER EPIBIOTIC BACTERIAL COMMUNITIES ON THE BLUE CRAB CALLINECTES SAPIDUS AND THE AMERICAN LOBSTER HOMARUS AMERICANUS

We introduce a new culture medium (CLUPS) for the axenic growth of E.

"CLUPS": A New Culture Medium for the Axenic Growth of Entamoeba histolytica

Fig 1,2,3,4 showed decreased of Total Dissolved Solid (TDS) in wastewater treatment with axenic and mixed culture of fungi.

Evaluation the quality of the oil waste to AI-Nasiriya refinery and possibility of treatment by some filamentous fungi

Endophytic bacteria in long-term in vitro cultivated "axenic" pineapple microplants revealed by PCRDGGE.

Antibiotic therapy in pineapple (Ananas comosus) microplants/Antibioticoterapia em microplantas de abacaxizeiro (Ananas comosus)

Continuous axenic cell culture conditions without vector involvement have been shown to attenuate pathogen infectivity (7).

Vectorborne transmission of Leishmania infantum from hounds, United States

cajucara terpenes (DCTN, CTN and AAA) obtained from the bark of this Croton species, against promastigotes, axenic and intracellular amastigotes of Leishmania amazonensis.

Antileishmanial activity and trypanothione reductase effects of terpenes from the Amazonian species Croton cajucara Benth (Euphorbiaceae)

However, these investigators failed to identify a correlation between microcystin content and allergenicity and concluded that the observed allergenicity was more likely due to lipopolysaccharides (LPS) from contaminating bacterial flora rather than directly from cyanobacteria because allergenicity was not observed in axenic strains.

Identification of Microcystis aeruginosa peptides responsible for allergic sensitization and characterization of functional interactions between cyanobacterial toxins and immunogenic peptides

histolytica trophozoites (virulent fase V) were cultured in axenic medium according to the Diamond procedure (Diamond, 1978).

Amebic Liver Abscess in Rat: Morphological Evidence of Innate Immune Modulation by the Sympathetic Nervous System/ Absceso Hepatico Amebiano en Rata: Evidencia Morfologica de la Modulacion de la Respuesta Inmune Innata por el Sistema Nervioso Simpatico

The use of pure bacterial cultures with high specific ureolytic activities has considerable importance when related to fundamental research but, generally, these axenic pure cultures, represent a high cost for industrial application.

Industrial application of biological self-healing concrete: challenges and economical feasibility

This was done to prepare axenic cultures from the supplied cultures [17, 18].

Antibacterial activities and in vitro anti-inflammatory (membrane stability) properties of methanolic extracts of gardenia coronaria leaves