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.