noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'
pure culture; axenic culture
Microbiology term: growing a single strain of microorganism in isolation, free from contaminants. Also used as a suru verb.
この実験では大腸菌を純粋培養している。
In this experiment, we are growing a pure culture of E. coli.
純粋培養によって
We investigate the properties of the bacteria through pure culture.