microliter
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4.1
- noun
- /ˈmaɪkroʊˌlitər/
- Specialized
:
microlitro
- Micro dispenser provides high-precision dispensing in microliter quantities with an accuracy of one percent or better.
- microliter plate
- microliters of volume
And so I was working with this little Eppendorf tube with a drop of colourless liquid at the bottom of it, you know, a few microliters.
- And so I was working with this little Eppendorf tube with a drop of colourless liquid at the bottom of it, you know, a few microliters.
Examples
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Solution A, containing nuclear extraction buffer, and solution B, containing DAPI, were mixed at the ratio of 1:5, and the mixed solution was used for making a 1.0 microliter droplet of staining solution overlaid with mineral oil on a coverslip.
Academic text (2018) -
Sterile microliter plates (Dynatech Laboratories, Inc., Chantilly, Virginia) containing PCA were used to stock isolated colonies for identification.
Academic text (1993) -
Fast response 50 and 200 microliter internal volume cells are available.
Academic text (1997) -
But in 20 microliters of volume, we can have 10 trillion different molecules all swimming about at fairly reasonable concentrations.
Academic text (1993) -
The instrument has been designed for the clinical laboratory where microliter quantities of fluids from two to 100 microliters per shot are dispensed.
Academic text (1996) -
Parasite count was measured by determining the proportion of parasitized erythrocytes or the number of trophozoites per microliter.
Academic text (2014) -
After 2 hours of incubation at 37 degrees C, the liquid was removed, and 100 microliters of Biotin-antibody (1x) was added to each well.
Academic text (2018) -
A motility test (motility agar, Difco) and catalase test were also conducted in microliter plates.
Academic text (1993) -
After the incubation period, 400 microliters of binding buffer and 1 micromole of PI were added, and the fluorescence intensity was analyzed by flow cytometry.
Academic text (2018) -
The laboratory technician used a precise pipette to measure 50 microliters of the chemical solution.
How Much
- Specialized
1
5.3
- US
190
1.0
- Specialized
11
2.5
- Specialized
1
4.1
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Microliter comes from the prefix micro- meaning 'small' and the unit liter. So a microliter is a very small part of a liter, one millionth of a liter, which is why scientists use it for tiny amounts of liquid.