accelerostat

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Etymology[edit]

accelero- +‎ -stat. Coined by Estonian biochemists Paalme et al. in 1995.[1]

Noun[edit]

accelerostat (plural accelerostats)

  1. (biochemistry) A continuous culture in which, after reaching a steady state as in a chemostat, dilution rate is increased smoothly at a constant rate of acceleration.
    Hypernym: changestat

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Toomas Paalme, Anne Kahru, Raul Elken, Kalju Vanatalu, Kalle Tiisma, Vilu Raivo (1995) “The computer-controlled continuous culture of Escherichia coli with smooth change of dilution rate (A-stat)”, in Journal of Microbiological Methods‎[1], volume 24, number 2, Elsevier, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 145-153
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