| | Petri dish: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07) |
 | | Julius richard petri (barmen, may 31, 1852 - december 20, 1921 in zeitz), german bacteriologist who invented the petri dish.... |
 | | (the dish is ready to receive a microbe-laden sample (although to grow some microbes it is often necessary to apply the sample with the hot agar). |
 | | An agar plate is a sterile petri dish that contains agar plus nutrients, and is used to culture bacteria or fungi.... |
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