Petri Dish

Petri Dish

Petri Dish are typically made of borosilicate glass or clear plastics (usually polystyrene or polycarbonate) and come in a variety of sizes.

A Petri dish (alternatively known as a Petri plate or cell-culture dish) is a shallow transparent lidded dish that biologists use to culture cells, such as bacteria, fungi or small mosses. It is the most common type of culture plate. The container is named after the German bacteriologist Julius Richard Petri.