noun
- plural of cocultivation; the practice or process of growing or cultivating two or more organisms, plants, or cell types together in the same environment
Usage: technical; biology; microbiology
Examples
- The researchers performed cocultivations of bacteria and fungi to study their interactions.
- Cocultivations of different cell types revealed how they communicate and influence each other.
- In the laboratory, cocultivations allow scientists to observe symbiotic relationships between organisms.
- The cocultivations produced unexpected results that challenged the team's initial hypothesis.
- Multiple cocultivations were conducted to ensure the reproducibility of the findings.