title: [Culture media as artificial environment ensuring the growth and development of microorganisms].
abstract: Literature review is presented on culture media that are regarded as artifical environment for microorganisms permitting modeling of various conditions for revealing cultural, morphological and biochemical properties, characteristic for a given microorganism, as well as manipulations with these conditions.
authors.affiliation: Mechnikov Research Institute for Vaccines and Sera, Moscow, Russia.
authors.forename: I G
authors.initials: IG
authors.lastname: Akhapkina
authors.forename: L P
authors.initials: LP
authors.lastname: Blinkova
mesh_terms: D000222:Adaptation, Physiological; D001419:Bacteria / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000378:metabolism; D018407:Bacterial Physiological Phenomena; D018441:Biofilms / Q000254:growth & development; D003470:Culture Media; D015003:Yeasts / Q000254:growth & development / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D003470:Culture Media