PETRI DISH: Plastic

PETRI DISH: Plastic

• Glass and plastic petri dishes for ideal use in the science laboratory..
  – Also known as a petri plate or cell-culture dish.
  – This is a shallow transparent covered dish used by biologists to hold growth medium in which cells, originally bacteria, fungus, and small mosses, can be cultured.
  – Julius Richard Petri, a German bacteriologist, is credited with inventing the container.
  – It is the most often used form of culture plate.
  – The Petri dish is a prominent object in biology laboratories and has infiltrated popular culture.
  – The term is occasionally written in lower case, particularly in non-technical publications.
  – In biology, they are commonly used to produce microorganisms such as bacteria, yeasts, and molds.
  – It is best suited to organisms that prefer a solid or semisolid surface.