#biology dictionary
- Inoculation loop — A medical and laboratory instrument used in microbiology, consisting of a long handle and a thin metallic wire (made of platinum, nickel-chromium, or sterile plastic) ending in a small circular loop; it is used for collecting, transferring, and streaking bacterial culture inocula onto solid or liquid culture media.
- Auxocyte — An animal or plant germ cell during its stage of intense growth and development prior to entering the meiotic division process; a general term that encompasses primary spermatocytes and oocytes during their meiotic growth phase.
- Bacillogenic — Producing bacilli, giving rise to rod-shaped bacteria, or directly caused by the biological activity of these microorganisms. In medical and epidemiological contexts, the term describes either an optimal culture medium that favors rapid bacterial multiplication, or a structural lesion or pathology specifically generated by the presence of a bacillus.