NOUN | substance | nutrient agar, agar | any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent |
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Meaning | Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent. | |
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Synonym | agar | |
Narrower | blood agar | A culture medium containing whole blood as the nutrient |
Broader | culture medium, medium | (bacteriology) a nutrient substance (solid or liquid / liquid) that is used to cultivate micro-organisms |
Substances | agar, agar-agar | A colloidal extract of algae |
Spanish | agar-agar | |
Catalan | agar-agar, agar |
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