- Czapek-Dox agar (solution)
- Cza·pek-Dox agar (solution) (chahґpek doksґ) [Friedrich Johann Franz Czapek, Czech botanist, 1868–1921; Arthur Wayland Dox, American chemist, 20th century] see under culture medium.
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Czapek-Dox agar (solution)
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Czapek-Dox agar — Czapek solution agar an agar medium containing sucrose, sodium nitrate, magnesium sulfate, potassium chloride, ferrous sulfate, and potassium buffer, used for the culture of Nocardia, Streptomyces, and fungi. Called also Czapek Dox solution … Medical dictionary
Czapek-Dox solution — Czapek Dox agar; see under culture medium … Medical dictionary
czapek-dox medium — |chä(ˌ)pek|däks noun or czapek medium Usage: usually capitalized C&D Etymology: after Friedrich Czapek died 1921 Czech botanist & Arthur W. Dox died 1954 American chemist : a culture medium for various fungi consisting essentially of a balanced… … Useful english dictionary
agar — A complex polysaccharide (a sulfated galactan) derived from seaweed (various red algae); used as a solidifying agent in culture media; it has the valuable property of melting at 100°C, but not solidifying until 49°C. [Bengalese] bile salt a. an a … Medical dictionary
Czapek — Friedrich J.F., Czechoslovakian botanist, 1868–1921. See C. solution agar, C. Dox medium … Medical dictionary
medium — 1. A means; that through which an action is performed. 2. A substance through which impulses or impressions are transmitted. 3. SYN: culture m.. 4. The liquid holding a substance in solution or suspension. 5. Any of the substances in which a… … Medical dictionary
