nutrient agar

Definitions of nutrient agar
  1. noun
    any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent
    synonyms: agar
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    types:
    blood agar
    a culture medium containing whole blood as the nutrient
    type of:
    culture medium, medium
    (bacteriology) a nutrient substance (solid or liquid) that is used to cultivate micro-organisms
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