Mbale ya petri ndi chidebe chosazama, chozungulira, chowonekera, komanso chosabala chomwe chimagwiritsidwa ntchito m'ma labotale popanga tizilombo tating'onoting'ono, monga mabakiteriya, mafangasi, kapena tizilombo tating'onoting'ono.Amatchedwa dzina la amene anayambitsa, Julius Richard Petri.Mbale ya petri nthawi zambiri imapangidwa ndi galasi kapena pulasitiki yoyera, ndipo chivindikiro chake ndi chokulirapo m'mimba mwake komanso chopingasa pang'ono, zomwe zimapangitsa kuti mbale zambiri zisungidwe mosavuta.Chivundikirocho chimalepheretsa kuipitsidwa ndikulola kuti mpweya wokwanira ukhale wokwanira.Zakudya za Petri zimadzazidwa ndi zakudya zopatsa thanzi, monga agar, zomwe zimapereka malo othandizira kukula kwa tizilombo toyambitsa matenda.Mwachitsanzo, mchere wa agar uli ndi zakudya zosiyanasiyana, kuphatikizapo chakudya, mapuloteni, ndi zinthu zina zofunika kuti tizilombo toyambitsa matenda tizilombo toyambitsa matenda tizilombo toyambitsa matenda tizilombo toyambitsa matenda tizilombo toyambitsa matenda tizilombo toyambitsa matenda. Microorganisms, yomwe imatha kuonedwa payekha kapena yophunzirira pamodzi. Mphamvu ya maantibayotiki polimbana ndi tizilombo tating'onoting'ono poyang'ana madera omwe amalepheretsa ma discs.Kuwunika kwachilengedwe: Zakudya za Petri zitha kugwiritsidwa ntchito kusonkhanitsa zitsanzo za mpweya kapena zapamtunda kuti zitsimikizire kukhalapo kwa tizilombo tating'onoting'ono m'malo ena.Petri mbale ndi chida chofunikira kwambiri pazachilengedwe. ma lab, kuthandiza pakufufuza, kuzindikira, ndi kuphunzira kwa tizilombo tating'onoting'ono.