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pre- +‎ reduced

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prereduced (not comparable)

  1. reduced prior to some other operation
    • 2015 December 3, “Levan Enhances Associated Growth of Bacteroides, Escherichia, Streptococcus and Faecalibacterium in Fecal Microbiota”, in PLOS ONE[1], →DOI:
      Before inoculation, the growth media were prereduced in an anaerobic jar (Anaero-Gen™, Oxoid Inc.,UK), supplemented with stock solutions of freshly prepared and filter-sterilized Cys-HCl (concentration in the medium 0.5 g/L) and autoclaved sodium thioglycolate (concentration in the medium 0.5 g/L) as reducing agents.