| 单词 | satellite colony |
| 释义 | > as lemmassatellite colony satellite colony n. Microbiology and Biology a colony of bacteria, fungi, or eukaryotic cells growing on a solid culture medium in close proximity to a previously established colony (of the same or a different type); spec. a colony of bacteria whose growth is dependent on a factor produced by a nearby colony of bacteria of a different species. ΚΠ 1896 Brit. Jrnl. Dermatol. 8 847 In ten days to a fortnight the culture becomes powdery, and satellite colonies may appear. 1936 B. C. J. G. Knight Bacterial Nutrition 126 The active substance..is excreted, diffusing through solid media with the result that satellite colonies of influenza bacilli may be formed. 2009 Nature Genetics 41 972/2 Some reprogrammed colonies [of hematopoietic cells] might have originated from identical founder cells that spread and formed satellite colonies on the plate. < as lemmas |
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