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Culture Medium Definition:

  • A culture medium is a solid or liquid preparation used to grow, transport, and store microorganisms.

    Prescott's Microbiology 9th Edition by Joanne Willey, Linda Sherwood, Christopher J. Woolverton



Culture Medium Notes:

Culture medium, also known as growth medium, is a liquid, solid or semi-solid designed to sustain the growth of microorganisms or cells, or the small plants such as the moss Physcomitrella patens. To grow different types of cells, different types of media are used.

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