(ˌʌnkʌltɪˈveɪtəbəl) or uncultivable (ʌnˈkʌltɪvəbəl)
adjective
unsuitable for cultivation
Examples of 'uncultivable' in a sentence
uncultivable
These fungi are highly host specific and uncultivable in vitro.
Ousmane H. Cissé, Liang Ma, Da Wei Huang, Pavel P. Khil, John P. Dekker, Geetha Kutty,Lisa Bishop, Yueqin Liu, Xilong Deng, Philippe M. Hauser, Marco Pagni, Vanessa Hirsch,Richard A. Lempicki, Jason E. Stajich, Christina A. Cuomo, Joseph A. Kovacs 2018, 'Comparative Population Genomics Analysis of the Mammalian Fungal Pathogen Pneumocystis',mBiohttps://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.00381-18. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Hemotrophic mycoplasmas are uncultivable and the genomes are not sequenced so far.
Wittenbrink Max M, Kramer Manuela M, Sidler Michele, Peter Simone, Hoelzle Katharina,Felder Kathrin M, Hoelzle Ludwig E 2010, 'Inorganic pyrophosphatase in uncultivable hemotrophic mycoplasmas: identificationand properties of the enzyme from Mycoplasma suis', BMC Microbiologyhttp://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2180/10/194. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Phytoplasmas, uncultivable phloem-limited phytopathogenic wall-less bacteria, represent a major threat to agriculture worldwide.
Luciana Galetto, Domenico Bosco, Raffaella Balestrini, Andrea Genre, Jacqueline Fletcher,Cristina Marzachì 2011, 'The major antigenic membrane protein of "Candidatus Phytoplasma asteris" selectivelyinteracts with ATP synthase and actin of leafhopper vectors.', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3143171?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
We first developed a protocol for the genome sequencing of uncultivable endosymbionts.
Kirsten Maren Ellegaard, Lisa Klasson, Kristina Näslund, Kostas Bourtzis, Siv G EAndersson 2013, 'Comparative genomics of Wolbachia and the bacterial species concept.', PLoS Geneticshttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3616963?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
This innovative approach brings new insights for future epidemiologic studies on this uncultivable opportunistic fungus.
Elena Charpentier, Cécile Garnaud, Claire Wintenberger, Sébastien Bailly, Jean-BenjaminMurat, John Rendu, Patricia Pavese, Thibault Drouet, Caroline Augier, Paolo Malvezzi,Anne Thiébaut-Bertrand, Marie-Reine Mallaret, Olivier Epaulard, Muriel Cornet, SylvieLarrat, Danièle Maubon 2017, 'Added Value of Next-Generation Sequencing for Multilocus Sequence Typing Analysisof a Pneumocystis jirovecii Pneumonia Outbreak', Emerging Infectious Diseaseshttps://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/23/8/16-1295_article. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Lots of them were either poorly investigated or uncultivable.
О. Є. Боброва, Й. Б. Крістофферсен, В. О. Іваниця 2015, 'METAGENOME 16S RRNA GENE ANALYSIS OF THE BLACK SEA MICROBIAL DIVERSITY IN THE REGIONOF THE ZMIINIY ISLAND', Mìkrobìologìâ ì Bìotehnologìâhttp://mbt.onu.edu.ua/article/view/48066. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Genomic sequencing of clinical microbiological specimens expands our capacity to study cultivable, fastidious and uncultivable members of the bacterial community.
Sean Conlan, Heidi H Kong, Julia A Segre 2012, 'Species-level analysis of DNA sequence data from the NIH Human Microbiome Project.',PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3468466?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Metagenomics studies of uncultivable microorganisms in clinical and environmental samples should allow extensive surveys of genes important in life sciences.
Yuki Iwasaki, Takashi Abe, Kennosuke Wada, Yoshiko Wada, Toshimichi Ikemura 2013, 'A Novel Bioinformatics Strategy to Analyze Microbial Big Sequence Data for EfficientKnowledge Discovery: Batch-Learning Self-Organizing Map (BLSOM)', Microorganismshttp://www.mdpi.com/2076-2607/1/1/137. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Numerous novel, uncultivable and fastidious organisms have been identified as potential pathogens with the use of non-culture techniques.
Shweta, S Krishna Prakash 2013, 'Dental abscess: A microbiological review', Dental Research Journalhttp://www.drjjournal.net/article.asp?issn=1735-3327;year=2013;volume=10;issue=5;spage=585;epage=591;aulast=Prakash. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)