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English
Etymology
From accelero- + -stat. Coined by Estonian biochemists Paalme et al. in 1995.[1]
Noun
accelerostat (plural accelerostats)
- (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
See also
References
- ^ 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, volume 24, number 2, Elsevier, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 145-153