pasteur's fluid

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pasteur's fluid - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Pasteur's fluid \Pas`teur's" flu"id\ (Biol.)
     An artificial nutrient fluid invented by Pasteur for the
     study of alcoholic fermentation, but used also for the
     cultivation of bacteria and other organisms. It contains all
     the elements of protoplasm, and was originally made of the
     ash of yeast, some ammonia compound, sugar, and water.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]