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unusual facts about petri dish



Limnoperdon

The species was originally discovered floating in petri dishes that contained submerged hardwood twigs previously collected from a marsh next to a playground on the south shore of Lake Union in Seattle, Washington.

Malaria culture

This was diluted with RPMI 1640 (which turned out to be the best of the commercial media) in Petri dishes, placed in a candlejar and incubated.


see also

Ashutosh Phatak

He has composed background scores for numerous feature films including HELP, White Noise, Snip!, Bombay Boys and Whispers, and has released three albums: Sigh of an Angel, The Psychic Plumber and Other Lies and The Petri Dish Project.

Ben Folds and WASO Live in Perth

Filmed over two nights on March 12 & 13, 2005 at Kings Park and Botanical Gardens in Perth, Australia - a venue Folds jokingly refers to as a "luminous green petri dish" - the DVD offers 14 songs from the three major Ben Folds Five albums and Folds' debut solo album Rockin' the Suburbs.

Spiral plater

Spiral platers are also used for research, clinical diagnostics and as a method for covering a Petri dish with bacteria before placing antibiotic discs for AST.