• A culture made by inoculating a solid medium, as gelatin, with the puncture of a needle or wire. The growths are usually of characteristic form.
A culture produced by inserting an inoculating needle with inoculum down the centre of a solid medium contained in a test tube. ... Synonym: needle culture. ... (05 Mar 2000) ... 
a culture into which the organisms are introduced by thrusting a needle deep into the medium.
Stab culture (Bacteriol.) A culture made by inoculating a solid medium, as gelatin, with the puncture of a needle or wire. The growths are usually of characteristic form. 
Type: Term Definitions: 1. a culture produced by inserting an inoculating needle with inoculum down the center of a solid medium contained in a test tube. Synonyms: needle culture