nutrient agar
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Noun | 1. | ![]() culture medium, medium - (bacteriology) a nutrient substance (solid or liquid) that is used to cultivate micro-organisms agar-agar, agar - a colloidal extract of algae; used especially in culture media and as a gelling agent in foods blood agar - a culture medium containing whole blood as the nutrient |
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