chromogenic

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  1. Pertaining to chromogen.
  2. Producing color.
  3. Chromogenic bacteria those bacteria which produce some color or pigment characteristic of the species. Thus, Micrococcus prodigiosus upon starchy substances produces blood-red spots. Some other fungi are chromogenic, as species of Chætomium upon paper.

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  • The Beatles in a chromogenic print, the photographer and date unknown, on exhibit at the Portland Museum of Art. By Hilary Nangle Globe Correspondent / January 11, 2009 —  Expecting Rain
  • "The Beatles," 1964, chromogenic print by Mirabelle photographer, from a private collection. —  BangorDailyNews.com > News
  • Cory Arcangel is a good artist, but his chromogenic print of a color spectrum is a decorative one-liner.
  • Each book comes with a signed, original black and white chromogenic print.
  • The diagnostics firm explained that the chromogenic agents within the medium are used to detect the ß-glucuronidase activity of —  FoodProductionDaily RSS
 

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