subculture

Verb

(biology) To transfer (microorganisms) to a fresh growth medium in order to start a new culture

Japanese Meaning

（生物学）微生物を新しい培地に移して、新たな培養を開始する操作を行うこと

In the lab, please subculture the bacterial colonies onto fresh agar plates before the weekend.

実験室では、週末の前に細菌コロニーを新しい寒天培地に継代してください。

Sense（1）

(biology) To transfer (microorganisms) to a fresh growth medium in order to start a new culture

Cultures were subcultured by 20-fold dilution into fresh MS2D medium approximately every 7 d.

subcultures

（ present singular third-person ）

subculturing

（ participle present ）

subcultured

（ participle past ）

subcultured

（ past ）