Question

Describe suspension culture.

Answer 1

Answer:

Special kinds of culture in which a single cell have the capability for multiplying that are suspended in a liquid medium called the suspension culture. It is also called cell culture.

It is an important culture which helps in build-up an analysis of an organ formation beginning from a single cell. Suspension culture is a better technique than the callus culture.

Answer 2

Suspension culture is a cell culture technique.

Explanation:

• Cells can be artificially grown outside the body of an organism or outside its habitat if proper nutrients and other physical components like proper temperature, humidity and oxygen is provided to it under aseptic condition.
• Suspension cell culture is the one in which the cells are grown in a liquid nutrient growth medium under appropriate temperature and aeration condition.
• Examples :

1. Bacterial cells can be grown in suspension culture.
2. Blood cells like, lymphocytes, monocytes, macrophages can also be grown in such a medium.