monoxenic

monoxenic
mono·xen·ic .män-ə-'zen-ik adj relating to or being a culture in which one organism is grown or contaminated with only one other organism <grown under \monoxenic conditions>

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mono·xen·ic (mon″o-zenґik) [mono- + xen- + -ic] associated with a single species of microorganisms; said of otherwise germ-free animals contaminated by a single type of organism.

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