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culturable

culturable

6.2
Able to be grown in a lab or in soil
  • adjective
  • /ˈkʌltʃərəbəl/
  • Specialized
translation icon : cultivable
  • Many plants in the study were found to be culturable, allowing the team to propagate them for further research.
  • total culturable

Examples

  • The use of the two-stage ambient culturable sampler system is also a limitation of our study.

    Academic text (2009)

  • Researchers identified several culturable strains of fungi that thrived in the nutrient-rich environment of the greenhouse.

  • Another challenge facing microbial ecologists, including those working on fungi, is that the vast majority of species found in natural environments are not easily culturable.

    Academic text (2008)

  • The countable plates (100-300 colonies) were used to determine the total (CFU/mL) culturable bacteria present in the water samples.

    Academic text (2014)

  • More than 90% of viable indigenous soil flora are not culturable, and introduced organisms readily enter this state (Roszak and Colwell 1987).

    Academic text (1995)

  • Fungi can also be manipulated in the field (although cautious forethought should be given to the use of fungicides and the potential introduction of novel species), and the rapid growth and small space requirements of culturable.

    Academic text (2008)

  • The behavior of pathogens in acute otitis media fits in fairly well with classic microbiologic tenets; bacteria are culturable in most cases, and antimicrobial therapy has a significant effect on acute symptoms of pain and fever.

    Academic text (2003)

  • In the laboratory, scientists were pleased to find that the bacteria from the soil samples were culturable under the right conditions.

Synonyms

farmable
vsculturable
1 3.0

Land that can be used to grow crops

is broader, including lab growth as well as soil use
tillable
vsculturable
1 5.8

Land that can be plowed and used to grow crops

is not limited to ploughing, covering lab growth too
cultivatable
vsculturable
  • Specialized
6.7

Tiny living things or cells that can be grown in a lab

covers growth both in lab and in soil rather than only lab
growable
vsculturable
4.4

Something people can grow or make larger

focuses on growth by cultivation in lab or soil rather than mere size change
cultivable
vsculturable
5.8

Land that is good for farming

also applies to growth in laboratory and soil rather than only land

How Cultivable

culturable
  • Specialized
6.2
difficult
∞ 1.6
uncultivatable
  • Specialized
9.9

Surface Forms

culturable positive

Morphology

culturable = culture (transparent) = culture + able

Meaning is directly derived from the verb 'culture' + productive adjective-forming suffix '-able' indicating capability.

Etymology

The word culturable starts with culture, from a root that means 'to grow' or 'to care for', the same idea you see in cultivate and agriculture. So, something culturable is something that can be 'grown' or 'cultivated' in soil or a lab.