auxanography

[ôk′sə-nŏg′rə-fē]

n.

A method, using auxanograms, for determining the appropriate culture medium for growing a particular strain of microorganism.

Related formsaux′a•no•graph′ic (-nə-grăf′ĭk) adj.

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