axenic

• Describe un cultivo o medio libre de cualquier otro organismo vivo, usado generalmente en microbiología y biología para indicar pureza absoluta, es decir, que solo contiene una especie determinada.

Describes a culture or environment that is free from any other living organisms, typically used in microbiology and biology.

1. Sterile animalC2formalscientific

   Describes experimental animals that are raised in a completely sterile environment, free from all other organisms.

   Animal axénico

   • The laboratory maintains a colony of axenic mice for immunological research.
   • Axenic animals are crucial for studying the effects of gut microbiota.
   • Researchers used axenic fish to test the impact of specific bacteria.

   Sinónimosgermfreesterile

   Antónimosconventional

2. Pure cultureC2formalscientific

   Describes a culture of microorganisms that is completely free from any other contaminating organisms.

   Axénico

   • The biologist prepared an axenic culture of the algae for the experiment.
   • Axenic cultures are essential for accurate metabolic studies.
   • Maintaining an axenic environment requires strict sterilization protocols.

   Sinónimosgermfreepuresterile

   Antónimoscontaminatedimpuremixedpolluted