fastidious
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- adjective
- /fæˈtɪdɪəs/
- Specialized
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exigente
- The microbiologist noted that this fastidious bacterium requires specific nutrients to grow in the lab.
- fastidious bacterial growth
Examples
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First, making a definitive microbiologic identification of F. tularensis is challenging because of its fastidious growth characteristics and potential hazards to laboratory workers.
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To cultivate the fastidious fungus, we used a special medium that meets its unique dietary needs.
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Also, they are both rather fastidious and sometimes difficult to recover.
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This fastidious organism grows slowly, and its identification requires special nutritionally supported media.
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To obtain at least 10 mL per adult patient, we divided specimens into two bottles (standard aerobic growth and enhanced growth of fastidious pathogens).
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This fastidious plant species thrives only in a controlled environment with precise humidity and light.
How Demanding
Surface Forms
Etymology
Fastidious is also used for living things that are very picky about their needs, and this sense comes from the same Latin fastidium 'disgust' or being 'hard to please'. That image helps: a fastidious microbe or plant is like a picky guest that needs special food or conditions to grow, so it is 'hard to please' in the lab or garden.