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Lab Lemco

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 28, 2025
Entity authorityQ6466642 ↗
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'Lab Lemco' Powder is a refined meat extract known for its light color and has been produced since 1865. It is used in a wide range of bacteriological growth media and has growth-promoting qualities for cell cultivation in laboratories, and is easier to handle than most meat extracts.

Lemco refers to the original producer of the meat extract, the Liebig's Extract of Meat Company.

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Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1865—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where Lemco, Open-knowledge and entry can be independently traced.
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This entry incorporates text from “Lab Lemco” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.