| Experimental conditions | In situ, in vitro, in vivo, ex vivo | In vitro, ex vivo, in vivo (plants) | In vitro, ex vivo, in vivo (plants) |
| Types of target | Animals: Any tissue exposed to barrel (skin, organs); cell, explant, and organ culture Plants: Field and greenhouse use, plant cell culture, explants Yeast, bacteria, other microbes | Animals: Cell and organ culture Plants: Small intact plants, plant cell culture, explants Yeast, bacteria, other microbes Organelles (chloroplasts, mitochondria, etc.) | Animals: Cell and organ culture Plants: Cells with thin cell walls Yeast, bacteria, other microbes |