Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Italiano term or phrase:
mezzi di coltura
Inglese translation:
culture media
Italiano term
Argentina
Legal and environment specialist, PhD
Native in: Inglese 
Works in: Da Italiano a Inglese, Da Spagnolo a Inglese, Inglese
mezzi di coltura
Comes up on Google, but can't find a translation.
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Andrés Martínez
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Giuliana Mafrica
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| 4 | growth medium (s) |
Shera Lyn Parpia
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Non-PRO (1): SJLD
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Proposed translations
Spagna
Biologist -Biol Biotech Med Pharm Vet
Native in: Spagnolo (Variant: Standard-Spain) , Catalano (Variant: Central) 
Works in: Da Inglese a Spagnolo, Da Inglese a Catalano, Spagnolo, and 2 more.
culture media
The development of the bacterial flora in the ... - Schaedler - Citado por 187
Fungal culture media - Booth - Citado por 91
Resultados de la búsqueda
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Bacterial Culture Media and Reagents
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Recipes for bacterial culture media and reagents. ... LB Agar - Recipe for the preparation of LB agar bacterial media. ...
www.thelabrat.com/protocols/bacculture.shtml - En caché - Similares
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Culture Media for the Growth of Bacteria
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6 Oct 2000 ... Culture media are employed in the isolation and maintenance of pure ... viable bacterial populations, and a variety of other purposes. ...
lecturer.ukdw.ac.id/dhira/.../culturemedia.html
Italia
Medical-pharma&IT translator since 1996
Native in: Italiano
Works in: Da Inglese a Italiano, Da Tedesco a Italiano, Da Italiano a Inglese
culture media
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Lionel_M (X)
: vedere sopra-)
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Anche in questo caso è stata questione di tempo...
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Italia
translating meaning, not just words
Native in: Inglese
Works in: Da Inglese a Italiano, Da Italiano a Inglese, Inglese
growth medium (s)
I find culture medium a very confusing, if correct term, to use today, especially because of the relationship between the media and culture - cultural media :) so I prefer this very commonly used alternative.
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I do prefer "mediums" to "media" for that very same reason. Whether used with culture or growth. It seems I'm not the only one. Look on google and then more carefully at the links - you'll see what I mean. Mediums is only ever used in this context.
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see
http://www.wordwebonline.com/en/MEDIUM
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http://www.proz.com/kudoz/portuguese_to_english/chemistry;_c...
http://encarta.msn.com/dictionary_701705389/culture_medium.h...
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http://www.memidex.com/culture-mediums
http://www.google.it/search?hl=it&client=firefox-a&rls=org.m...
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The funny thing is, I learnt this in the microbiology lab of a British redbrick University....
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Lionel_M (X)
: "Growth mediums" 140 papers on Pubmed; "culture media" 117.008 !
We are talking about scientific papers .....And Latin is Latin, like English is English....some mediums should not be used
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and have you looked at the "culture media" links? A great many of them deal with something very different.
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Gianco (X)
: It maybe your preference but it is incorrect. A culture medium (i.e. Dulbecco's modified Eagle's medium) or two culture media (i.e. Dulbecco's medium and RPMI 1640 medium). **Mediums** is incorrect and so is **medias** which I have also seen used.
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Ah the rules of the English language.. which the Americans have often altered! It seems I am not alone in my choice. The rules of Latin grammar can change when you write English and they often do :)
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SJLD
: this is a perfectly, I repeat PERFECTLY valid answer from a native English speaker. I would use "media" however as the plural form
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thanks SJLD! There's often more than one way to do something and that's what I was trying to get across.
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