Nri petri bụ ihe na-emighị emi, cylindrical, transperent, na nke a na-ejikarị eme ihe na ụlọ nyocha maka ịzụlite microorganisms, dị ka nje bacteria, fungi, ma ọ bụ obere ihe ndị ọzọ.A na-akpọ ya aha onye mepụtara ya, Julius Richard Petri. A na-ejikarị enyo ma ọ bụ rọba doro anya na-eme efere petri, na mkpuchi ya buru ibu na dayameta na ntakịrị convex, na-enye ohere maka nchịkọta ọtụtụ efere dị mfe.Ihe mkpuchi ahụ na-egbochi mmetọ ebe ọ ka na-enye ohere maka ikuku zuru oke. Ihe oriri Petri jupụtara na ihe oriri na-edozi ahụ, dị ka agar, nke na-enye ebe nkwado maka uto nke microorganisms.Dị ka ihe atụ, agar na-edozi ahụ nwere ngwakọta nke nri, gụnyere carbohydrates, protein, na ihe ndị ọzọ dị mkpa achọrọ maka uto microbial. Ndị ọkà mmụta sayensị na-eji efere petri eme ihe dị iche iche, gụnyere: Culturing microorganisms: Petri efere na-enye ndị ọkà mmụta sayensị ohere omenala na-eto eto dị iche iche. microorganisms, nke a pụrụ ịhụ n'otu n'otu ma ọ bụ mụọ n'otu n'otu. Na-ekewapụta microorganisms: Site n'itinye ihe nlele n'elu efere petri, enwere ike kewapụ ebe ndị microorganisms dị iche iche ma mụọ iche iche. Nnwale ọgwụ nje nje: Site n'iji diski nwere ọgwụ nje, ndị ọkà mmụta sayensị nwere ike ikpebi. ịdị irè nke ọgwụ nje megide microorganisms kpọmkwem site n'ịleba anya na mpaghara nke mgbochi gburugburu diski. Nleba anya gburugburu ebe obibi: Petri efere nwere ike na-anakọta ikuku ma ọ bụ n'elu samples iji chọpụta ọnụnọ nke microorganisms na ụfọdụ gburugburu ebe obibi.Petri efere bụ isi ngwá ọrụ na microbiology. labs, inye aka na nyocha, nyocha, na ọmụmụ nke microorganisms.