Definitions for "Agar plate"
Keywords:  petri, sterile, dish, nutrient, culture
Cells are often spread out onto plates (see plating) made of a gelatinous material called agar. The agar media often contains nutrients for the cells, and in our case also contains antibiotics.
a shallow dish containing nutrients that help bacteria to grow
a sterile Petri dish A Petri dish is a shallow glass or plastic cylindrical dish that biologists use to culture microbes