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

Example Sentences

Upon addition to the cell culture medium, the europium complex initially forms an aggregate with itself.

From Science Daily • Jan. 22, 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

To overcome that obstacle, the scientists grew the human cells in a newly devised culture medium that returned them to an earlier developmental stage.

From Science Magazine • Sep. 7, 2023

Around the same time Loeb's book was published, French physician Alexis Carrel developed techniques for growing tissues in a culture medium: a kind of unformed living material.

From Scientific American • May 31, 2023

For Gey, the rotation was crucial: he believed that culture medium needed to be in constant motion, like blood and fluids in the body, which flow around cells, transporting waste and nutrients.

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