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Culture medium

Culture medium
Solid substrate

Substance for cultivating microorganisms, cells, or tissue. Microorganisms hard to cultivate and large quantities of microorganisms are cultivated in liquid substrates (nutrient broth), and individual cultures in solid substrates (agar plates).

See also Agar

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