chemostat
noun
che·mo·stat
ˈkē-mə-ˌstat 
ˈkem-ə-
ˈkem-ə-
: a device in which bacteria are kept uniformly suspended in a culture medium that is constantly renewed and maintained chemically unaltered by a continuous flow of new medium through it and which is used especially in quantitative studies of mutation rates
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“Chemostat.” Merriam-Webster.com Medical Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/medical/chemostat. Accessed 9 May. 2025.
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