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nutrient agar

DEFINITIONS OF: nutrient agar

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n any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent

Synonyms:
agar
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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