PETRI DISHES

PETRI DISH: Glass or Plastic

•  Glass and plastic petri dishes for ideal use in the science laboratory.
•  The most often used form of a culture plate 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.
•  The Petri dish is a prominent object in biology laboratories and has infiltrated popular culture.
•  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.
•  See also CHOICE CHAMBER WITH LID

(Wikipedia excerpt: ..."...A Petri dish (alternatively known as a Petri plate or cell-culture dish) is a shallow transparent lidded dish that biologists use to hold growth medium in which cells can be cultured,[1][2] originally, cells of bacteria, fungi and small mosses.[3] The container is named after its inventor, German bacteriologist Julius Richard Petri.[4][5][6] It is the most common type of culture plate. The Petri dish is one of the most common items in biology laboratories and has entered popular culture. The term is sometimes written in lower case, especially in non-technical literature.[7][8]

What was later called Petri dish was originally developed by German physician Robert Koch in his private laboratory in 1881, as a precursor method. Petri, as assistant to Koch, at Berlin University made the final modifications in 1887 as used today....")

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