Biology GCSE
Agar gel plate
What Agar gel plate means in Biology GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Agar gel plate
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A solid medium containing nutrients on which bacteria grow on the surface or within the gel, each original cell giving rise to a visible colony.
Topics that use Agar gel plate
- Culturing microorganisms (biology only) (AQA GCSE)
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