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Czapek medium

Czapek medium noun: a growth medium for propagating fungi and other organisms in a laboratory, originally consisting of distilled water, cane sugar, dipotassium phosphate, magnesium sulfate, potassium chloride, and iron sulfate.

Noun

Czapek medium

  1. A growth medium for propagating fungi and other organisms in a laboratory, originally consisting of distilled water, cane sugar, dipotassium phosphate, magnesium sulfate, potassium chloride, and iron sulfate.
    Synonyms:
    Czapek-Dox medium, Czapek's agar, Czapek's medium

Synonyms of Czapek medium

Origin of Czapek medium

Devised by Czech botanist Friedrich Czapek.

Questions about Czapek medium

What does Czapek medium mean?
Czapek medium means a growth medium for propagating fungi and other organisms in a laboratory, originally consisting of distilled water, cane sugar, dipotassium phosphate, magnesium sulfate, potassium chloride, and iron sulfate.
What part of speech is Czapek medium?
Czapek medium is a noun.

Words near Czapek medium in the dictionary

  1. Czajas
  2. Czajka
  3. Czajkas
  4. Czajkowski
  5. Czajkowskis
  6. Czapek medium
  7. Czapek-Dox medium
  8. czapka
  9. czapkas
  10. Czaplicki
  11. Czaplickis

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