Culture

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Culture is a broad term to describe the different social characteristics of a given set of people. More specifically, culture is a social infrastructure for a collection of people that often provides communal identity, social connections, rules and ethics, common governmental and educational structures, etc. for the members of the group. Culture is most often tied to ethnic groups and nations, and can be a powerful force in nationalism.

However, even within a nation, competing cultures can be found. These are often referred to as subcultures.

A group that establishes its own set of values and behavior in opposition to a dominant group in society is termed a counter-culture.

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Among microbiologists, a culture is a particular sample of microorganisms, such as kombucha or any of the numerous groups of E. coli used by Richard Lenski.

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