(noun. /kul-chur MEE-dee-uh/)
by Liseth Orosco Barrionuevo
What does it mean?
Culture media is a mixture of nutrients that scientists use to grow cells. There are many different types of culture media used for different types of cells. Culture media can be liquid, semi-solid or solid.
How do I use it in a sentence?
“The scientist needs to change the culture media every 24 hours because the cells need a fresh supply of nutrients.”
Upper left: Liquid culture media and a culture media supplement in bottles. Upper right: A scientist pipetting culture media from a bottle. Lower left: A scientist pours culture media into a Petri dish in a tissue culture hood, using sterile technique. Lower right: A stack of Petri dishes containing a solid growth medium known as blood agar.
Images sources:
Upper left: https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?search=cell+culture+media&title=Special%3AMediaSearch&type=image;
Upper right: https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?search=cell+culture+media&title=Special%3AMediaSearch&type=image;
Lower left: https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?search=cell+culture+media&title=Special%3AMediaSearch&type=image
Lower right: https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?search=cell+culture+media&title=Special%3AMediaSearch&type=image;
Fields of study in which this word is commonly used:
Cell biology
Molecular biology
Biomedicine
Biotechnology
Cancer biology
Neurobiology
Developmental biology
Biochemistry
