culture medium

American  

noun

Bacteriology.

1. medium.

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culture medium British  

noun

1. a nutritive substance, such as an agar gel or liquid medium, in which cultures of bacteria, fungi, animal cells, or plant cells are grown

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Etymology

Origin of culture medium

First recorded in 1880–85

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culture medium

Moreover, they also tested a new culture medium based on bonito stock, a soup stock extracted from Katsuobushi, a traditional Japanese dish made from smoked bonito fish.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 15, 2024

If the rice is left to cool and sit at room temperature, the spores grow into bacteria, which will increase in numbers quickly as rice is a good Bacillus culture medium when at room temperature.

From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2023

But in the new studies, the researchers grew monkey embryos in small vials of culture medium, which allowed the embryos to grow in three dimensions as they would inside the womb.

From Scientific American ● May 15, 2023

So the group, which also included developmental biologist Juan Carlos Izpisúa Belmonte and his team at the Salk Institute in San Diego, California, exposed stem cells isolated from cow embryos to the new culture medium.

From Science Magazine ● Feb. 5, 2018

He explained what culture medium was, and how he moved cells from freezer to incubator to grow.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot