from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- 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.
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- adj. 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.
- adj. Isolated from organisms of any other species
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- adj. raised under sterile conditions; -- of experimental animals.
- adj. pure or completely free of the presence of other organisms; -- used of cultures of microorganisms.
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- adj. (of experimental animals) raised under sterile conditions
- adj. (used of cultures of microorganisms) completely free from other organisms
Researchers can generate bacteria-free axenic mice.
Naturally, once China showed a willingness to abandon its axenic attitude towards foreign devils and all things foreign-devilish, the
Naturally, once China showed a willingness to abandon its axenic attitude towards foreign devils and all things foreign-devilish, the European Powers turned their eyes and energies towards her, and a strenuous commercial and diplomatic race after prospective concessions for railways, mines, and undertakings of all kinds began.
Epimastigote forms of T. cruzi were grown in liver-infusion tryptose axenic medium at 27°C.
On the day 14, trophozoites were eliminated from the co-culture while about 5x10 (4) cells/ml remained in the axenic T. pyriformis culture.
Analyzing this data set, we found that among the list of 443 genes reported by Sillo et al.  to be responsive to a switch from axenic growth of
L. gibba bioassay procedures (like test vessel material, sterilisation and axenic culturing procedures) influence the sensitivity of the bioassay
Actinomycin-D puromycin-HCl axenic cultures nematode, Neoaplectana glaseri