Meanings
- biologyA growth medium for culturing moderately to non-fastidious bacteria.
2019, Moshrafuddin Ahmed, S. K. Basumatary, Applied Microbiology, Tamilnadu Book House (MJP Publishers), page 604, 3. Incubate two trypticase soy agar slants by means of streak inoculation
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This procedure was repeated with distilled water instead of the trypticase soy agar.
1969, Public Health Monograph No. 78: A Study of the Application of Laminar Flow Ventilation to Operating Rooms, U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare1973, G. Briggs Phillips, Robert S. Runkle, Biomedical Applications of Laminar Airflow, 2019 eBook Edition, Taylor & Francis (CRC Press), unnumbered page, Using sterile forceps, aseptically remove the stainless steel strip from the bottle and place the strip on a 9 ±2 ml layer of solidified, sterile trypticase soy agar contained in a 100 mm diameter Petri plate. Add 20 ml of sterile molten (50°C) trypticase soy agar to completely cover the stainless steel strip.
Synonyms: TSA, tryptic soy agar
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounA growth medium for culturing moderately to non-fastidious bacteria.
Translations
French gélose tryptone soja
- gélose tryptone sojagrowth medium for culturing bacteria
German Trypton-Soja-Agar
- Trypton-Soja-Agargrowth medium for culturing bacteria
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