PDA Technical Glossary
PDA Technical Reports are highly valued membership benefits because they offer expert guidance and opinions on important scientific and regulatory topics and are used as essential references by industry and regulatory authorities around the world. These reports include terms which explain the material and enhance the reader’s understanding.
The database presented here includes the glossary terms from all current technical reports. The database is searchable by keyword, topic, or by technical report. Each definition provided includes a link to the source technical report within the PDA Technical Report Portal.
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Reference Strain
A well characterized, widely accepted preparation of viable organisms that is used to validate a microbiological assay. (TR50)
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Relevant Virus
A virus used in process evaluation studies that either is the identified virus, or of the same species as the virus known to or likely to contaminate the cell substrate or any other reagents or materials used in the production process. (TR41)
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Reporter Gene
A coding sequence linked to a gene or promoter of interest. It is generally used to determine activation of the promoter or expression of the gene of interest in a cell or organism. (TR50)