Meanings
- not comparableIn a microaerobic manner
1 more example
At first, samples were also enriched in Bolton broth (Oxoid), with 5% horse blood and selective supplement (SR183E, Oxoid Ltd.), and incubated microaerobically at 37°C for 48 h but since all enriched samples, unlike direct culture, were consistently negative for Campylobacter spp. we ceased using this method.
2015 July 15, “Population Genetics and Antimicrobial Susceptibility of Canine Campylobacter Isolates Collected before and after a Raw Feeding Experiment”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*mey-der.?
- Ancient Greekμῑκρός (mīkrós)
- Ancient Greekμῑκρο- (mīkro-)
- Englishmicro-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ews-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ewsér
- Proto-Hellenic*auhḗr
- Ancient Greekἀήρ (aḗr)
- Proto-Indo-European*gʷeyh₃-
- Ancient Greekβίος (bíos)
- Frenchaérobie
- Englishaerobic
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
- Proto-Germanic*līką
- Englishaerobically
- Englishmicroaerobically
From micro- + aerobically.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
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