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chemostat

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chemostat [ˈkiːməʊˌstæt ˈkɛm-]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biochemistry) an apparatus for growing bacterial cultures at a constant rate by controlling the supply of nutrient medium


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Mutations are also accumulated by using continuous cultures, preferably in chemostats under suitable selective pressure.
Effects of low levels of ciprofloxacin on a chemostat model of the human colonic microflora.
Perhaps it is unfair to consider it hedging when he says, "I shall not be overly surprised if in the coming decades, some experimental group creates such life anew, snapping into existence in some real chemostat, creating protocells that coevolve with one another.
 
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