Biology. The product of such culture; a growth or crop of artificially maintained microorganisms, cells, etc.

culture of a sample of blood for microorganisms; an instance of this.

Biology. The artificial propagation and growing of microorganisms, plant or animal cells or tissues, etc. (= culture, n. 3a); (occasionally) an…

a nutrient liquid or solid in or on which microorganisms, cells, etc., are cultured.

a culture in which only one strain or clone is present.

A gelatinous substance obtained from certain red seaweeds and used in biological culture media and as a thickener in foods; = agar-agar, n. 2.

Bacteriology. A liquid (as a sterilized infusion of meat) prepared or used as a culture medium.

Biology. A culture (culture, n. 3) made by transferring microorganisms or cells from a pre-existing culture to fresh medium; the process of making a…

culture of a microbe in a test-tube.

A broth used as a medium for the culture of bacteria. Also attributive.

a culture, n. (culture, n. 3) in which the medium is inoculated by means of a needle thrust deeply into its substance.

a bacterial culture made by drawing the point of an infected needle or the like over the surface of a solid culture medium.

an agar-based culture medium containing blood.

cultivation of a very small number of microorganisms or cells; a preparation obtained in this way.

a culture, n. 3 in which the organisms are distributed through the medium by a gentle shake.

(a) Bacteriology (a vessel containing) a streak culture; (b) Mineralogy a small tablet of unglazed porcelain on which minerals may be rubbed to…

(the micro-organisms in) a sample of broth used as a culture medium.

Microbiology. A sloping surface of culture medium, usually prepared by letting it solidify in a sloping test-tube, and used for the culture of…

Biology and Medicine. concrete. The culture grown on such a plate.

an uncontaminated culture of a micro-organism maintained continuously and available as a source of experimental material.

a preparation made for microscopic examination by lightly touching a glass slide on fresh tissue to collect a thin layer of cells.

a culture of cells derived from tissue; the practice of culturing such cells.

Biology. A clear area in a monolayer culture of microorganisms or other cells, produced by the inhibitory or lethal effect of a virus (esp. a…

Bacteriology. = slant, n.1 3b.

A gelatinous, hydrophilic polysaccharide extracted from certain red alga (see sense 1), used esp. as a food-thickening and gelling agent, and in…

Biology. A group of like micro-organisms obtained by isolation or culturing for study or experiment; esp. a pure culture.

A MacConkey culture medium; esp. MacConkey agar.

a plate culture used in auxanography.

Bacteriology. A layer of bacteria uniformly distributed over the surface of a culture medium.

Biology and Medicine. A cell culture consisting of a layer one cell thick.

a plate of culture medium which has been inoculated with bacteria or fungi transferred from a master plate by means of a disc of velvet or similar…