PETRI DISH: Plastic
$ 5.75 – $ 243.00 excl. GST
- 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.