Relating to the Petri dish, a shallow round dish used in laboratories to grow bacteria and other microorganisms.
Named after Julius Richard Petri, a German bacteriologist who invented the dish in 1887. The eponymous dish became fundamental to microbiology and biology research.
Every disease-causing bacterium that's ever been identified was probably first grown in a Petri dish—it's one of the most important scientific tools ever invented, yet it's just a flat dish with a lid. Simple genius is often the most powerful.
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