Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
Kontaktkultur
English translation:
contact plate technique
Added to glossary by
Anne Schulz
Jul 16, 2006 15:53
17 yrs ago
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German term
Kontaktkultur
German to English
Science
Biology (-tech,-chem,micro-)
"Eine Kontaktkultur, auch eine Abklatschkultur genannt".
This is a text about substantiating microbiological growth on the surfaces, by taking a culture.
What would be the proper term for this in English?
I have my doubts about "contact culture", since its not in Wenske and cannot be found in this context on Google.
TIA
This is a text about substantiating microbiological growth on the surfaces, by taking a culture.
What would be the proper term for this in English?
I have my doubts about "contact culture", since its not in Wenske and cannot be found in this context on Google.
TIA
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 | contact plate sample |
Anne Schulz
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| 2 | Starter culture |
Martin Wenzel
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| 2 | confluent culture |
Kim Metzger
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| 2 | Contact or kissing culture |
David Le Cou (X)
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Change log
Jul 16, 2006 16:09: Steffen Walter changed "Field" from "Tech/Engineering" to "Science" , "Field (specific)" from "Mechanics / Mech Engineering" to "Biology (-tech,-chem,micro-)" , "Field (write-in)" from "Window manufacturing" to "(none)"
Proposed translations
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contact plate sample
"Contact plates" appear to be well-defined equipment for obtaining bacterial culture samples; thus you may get around the obvious lack of a common name for the technique by using an expression like the above.
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Comment: "Thanks to all on this difficult one. None of the suggestions get sufficient confirmation, either from Google or my smart books. I finally decided on "sample culture" since "Kontakt" => is indirectly a way of sampling, and sample culture at least is a frequently used term. This answer pointed me in what I think is the right direction."
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Martin Wenzel
Germany
Germany
Native in German
&
English
Specializes in field
Germany
Never lost in translation
Native in: German 
, English
Works in: English to German, German to English, French to English, and 4 more.
Starter culture
Is is for starting off another culture in the lab, just a guess...
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Kim Metzger
Mexico
Mexico
Native in English
Mexico
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Native in: English (Variant: US) 
Works in: German to English
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confluent culture
I know nothing about this subject, Alexander, but maybe you can do something with this"
contact inhibition
Inhibition of cell membrane ruffling and cell motility when cells are in complete contact with other adjacent cells, as in a confluent culture. Often precedes cessation of cell proliferation but not necessarily causally related.
confluent
Where all the cells are in contact all around their periphery with other cells, and no available substrate is left uncovered.
http://www.specialtymedia.com/05Resources/glossary.htm
contact inhibition
Inhibition of cell membrane ruffling and cell motility when cells are in complete contact with other adjacent cells, as in a confluent culture. Often precedes cessation of cell proliferation but not necessarily causally related.
confluent
Where all the cells are in contact all around their periphery with other cells, and no available substrate is left uncovered.
http://www.specialtymedia.com/05Resources/glossary.htm
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Contact or kissing culture
I have come across the word Abklatschmetastase as contact (or even kissing!) metastasis. So could simple contact culture be sufficient
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