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microaerophilia

microaerophilia noun: an environment low in oxygen.

Noun

microaerophilia (uncountable)

  1. An environment low in oxygen
    • Bacteria were grown in microaerophilia as previously described in static conditions to an OD 600 = 0.2 prior to being added to macrophages at a MOI of 100:1.2015 July 7, Liliana Berrocal et al., “stg fimbrial operon from S. Typhi STH2370 contributes to association and cell disruption of epithelial and macrophage-like cells”, in Biological Research...
  2. The condition of being microaerophilic

Origin of microaerophilia

From micro- + aero- + -philia.

Questions about microaerophilia

What does microaerophilia mean?
Microaerophilia means an environment low in oxygen.
What part of speech is microaerophilia?
Microaerophilia is a noun.

Words near microaerophilia in the dictionary

  1. microaerobic
  2. microaerobically
  3. microaerobiosis
  4. microaerophile
  5. microaerophiles
  6. microaerophilia
  7. microaerophilic
  8. microaerophilically
  9. microaerophilous
  10. microaerophily
  11. microaerosol

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