microculture
/ˈmaɪkroʊˌkʌltʃər/
noun
- A small, distinct group within a larger society that has its own shared beliefs, values, or behaviors.
- The online gaming community formed a microculture with its own slang and traditions.
- The office had its own microculture where everyone ate lunch together at noon.
- Each classroom develops a unique microculture based on the teacher's style and the students' personalities.
- A very small-scale culture of cells or microorganisms grown in a laboratory for study.
- Using a microculture, the team observed how yeast cells divide under different conditions.
- The biologist prepared a microculture of bacteria to test the new antibiotic.
- The lab technician examined the microculture under a microscope to count the number of living cells.
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