If parasites are grown as a culture with unknown bacterial associate, it is called: (A) Axenic culture, (B) Monoxenic culture, (C) Polyxenic, (D) Xenic culture
Answer is D. Pure culture with no bacterial isolates-axenic Unknown bacterial isolate: xenic culture monoxenic culture-culture of parasites grown in association with a single known bacterium. Ref: Arora.Medical parasitology 4th ed pg. 11