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

Notably, bonito stock is a nutritious food and using it in the culture medium would, therefore, provide additional health benefits.

From Science Daily

Various food compounds isolated and purified from biomass or culture media obtained through microbial culture are also a branch of microbial food.

From Science Daily

The researchers note that each lab's culture media can include its own recipe of growth factors, whereas extracellular matrices tend to have the same array of growth factors, but at varying concentrations.

From Science Daily

The researchers tested variations in the culture media but cell density was the only factor that influenced the cell fate choice between amniotic ectoderm and surface ectoderm.

From Science Daily

Collectively, the patients say they lost more than 100 embryos that had bathed in the defective product, known as culture media.

From New York Times