bacterial culture
Lab-grown germ population
A bacterial culture is a population of bacteria grown in a controlled laboratory environment, typically in a nutrient medium like agar or broth.
Cultures allow scientists to study, identify, or multiply specific bacteria: The lab took a bacterial culture from the wound to check for infection.
The term also refers to the process itself: We'll need to do a bacterial culture before prescribing antibiotics.
- agarAlgae-derived gelling substance
- dishFood container or recipe
- petri dishLidded laboratory culture container
- spreadTo distribute widely
- pathogenDisease-causing microorganism
incubation · test tube · fermentation · broth · autoclaving · sterilization · plate · streaking · antibiotic resistance · contamination risk · colony · cell division · turbid · bioremediation · lab · microbiology · pH levels · loop
- microbiologymicrobe, microbes, microorganisms, microorganism, virus
- diagnostic testsantigen test, blood test, PCR test, swab test, rapid test
- Lab Activitiesdissection, titration, chromatography, pipetting, centrifugation
- lab biologypetri dish, test tube, pipette, PCR, centrifuge
- lab workblood test, blood draw, urinalysis, centrifugation, pipetting
- incubation stagesbrooding, hatching, gestation, germination, latency period