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nutrient agar medium
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nutrient culture medium — a bacterial culture medium containing beef extract and peptone, used as a liquid medium (nutrient broth) or solidified with agar (nutrient agar, plain agar) for the culture of nonfastidious organisms … Medical dictionary
Nutrient agar — is a microbiological growth medium commonly used for the routine cultivation of non fastidious bacteria. It is useful because it remains solid even at relatively high temperatures. Also, bacteria grown in nutrient agar grows on the surface, and… … Wikipedia
nutrient agar — noun any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent • Syn: ↑agar • Hypernyms: ↑culture medium, ↑medium • Hyponyms: ↑blood agar • Substance Meronyms: ↑ag … Useful english dictionary
Casein nutrient agar — (CN) is a growth medium used to culture isolates of lactic acid bacteria such as Streptococcus thermophilus and Lactobacillus bulgaricus . It is composed of standard nutrient agar with the added ingredient of skim milk powder, which contains… … Wikipedia
Agar — or agar agar is a gelatinous substance derived from seaweed. Historically and in a modern context, it is chiefly used as an ingredient in desserts throughout Japan, but in the past century has found extensive use as a solid substrate to contain… … Wikipedia
agar — a gar, n. [See {agar agar}.] 1. common shortened form of {agar agar[2]}. Syn: gelose, agar agar. [PJC] 2. 1 any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent; used especially with a modifying prefix, as, EMB agar. The term is applied both to … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
agar — A complex polysaccharide (a sulfated galactan) derived from seaweed (various red algae); used as a solidifying agent in culture media; it has the valuable property of melting at 100°C, but not solidifying until 49°C. [Bengalese] bile salt a. an a … Medical dictionary
Agar plate — Infobox Laboratory equipment name = Agar plate caption = An agar plate streaked with microorganisms isolated from a deep water sponge. Individual colonies may be seen center right. acronym = other names = uses = Culturing inventor = manufacturer … Wikipedia
medium — 1. A means; that through which an action is performed. 2. A substance through which impulses or impressions are transmitted. 3. SYN: culture m.. 4. The liquid holding a substance in solution or suspension. 5. Any of the substances in which a… … Medical dictionary
Growth medium — An agar plate an example of a bacterial growth medium. Specifically, it is a streak plate; the orange lines and dots are formed by bacterial colonies. A growth medium or culture medium is a liquid or gel designed to support the growth of… … Wikipedia
MacConkey agar — with lactose (left) and non lactose (right) fermenters … Wikipedia
