Look up: agar

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   Agar
   Agar is a laxative substance obtained from seaweed.
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   Agar
   Agar is a town in Sully County South Dakota, USA.
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   agar
   Mixture of polysaccharides derived from red algae that forms a gel at temperatures below about 40C. Used as a support medium, when supplemented by appropriate buffers and/or nutrients and other ingredients, for the production of microbial cultures, overlaying tissue culture cells, electrophoresis, etc.
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   Agar
   A polysaccharide obtained from certain seaweeds. Agar forms a gel with water, and is used at a concentration of 1.5-2.0% to solidify media used for culturing micro-organisms.
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   agar
   (Variation and inheritance) gel made from algae which provides an ideal growth medium
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   agar
   [n] - any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent 2. [n] - a colloidal extract of algae
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   Agar
   A tasteless white powder, made from seaweed, which has useful gelling properties and can be used as a vegetarian substitute for gelatine.
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   Agar
   a gelatin like substance obtained from seaweed; used in impression materials.
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   Agar
   A gel made from seaweed used to make salt bridges.
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    agar
    A gel made from seaweed used to make salt bridges.
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    agar
    a gelatinous carbonhydrate material prepared from Gracilaria lichenoides and other species of sea-weed.Used in the preparation of culture media Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries • a polysaccharide complex, free of nitrogen and prepared from agar-agar which is produced by certain seaweeds (red algae). It dissolves in warm water to form a viscid solu...
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    A polysaccharide complex extracted from seaweed (Rhodophyceae) and used as an inert support for the growth of cells, particularly bacteria and some cancer cell lines (eg. sloppy agar).
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    agar
    <cell culture, chemical, microbiology> This gelatinous material, an extract from red algae (mainly Gelidium and Gracilaria species), is most frequently used as a culture medium, especially for bacteria. It is also used as a thickener in foods, but humans cannot digest it. ... (06 May 1997) ...
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    agar
    agar-agar noun a colloidal extract of algae; used especially in culture media and as a gelling agent in foods
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    noun any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent
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    Agar
    `Agar` or `agar agar` is a gelatinous substance chiefly used as a culture medium for microbiological work. It is an unbranched polysaccharide obtained from the cell membranes of some species of red algae or seaweed. It can be used as a laxative, a vegetarian gelatin substitute, a thickener for soups, in jellies, ice cream and Japanese desserts such as anmitsu, as a clarifying agent in brewing, and for paper sizing fabrics. The word `agar` comes f...
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    agar
    (ag´ahr) a dried hydrophilic, colloidal substance extracted from various species of red algae. It is used in cultures for bacteria and other microorganisms, in making emulsions, and as a supporting medium in procedures such as immunodiffusion and electrophoresis. Because of its bulk it is also used in medicines to...
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    Agar
    (from the article `Memmi, Albert`) ...first novel, La Statue de sel (1953; `The Pillar of Salt`), a work for which he received the Prix de Carthage and the Prix Fénéon. Subsequent ...
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    agar
    gelatin-like product made primarily from the algae Gelidium and Gracilaria (red seaweeds). Best known as a solidifying component of bacteriological ... [6 related articles]
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    A complex polysaccharide (a sulfated galactan) derived from seaweed (various red algae); used as a solidifying agent in culture media; it has the valuable property of melting at 100°C, but not solidifying until 49°C. [Bengalese]
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    agar
    Also called agar-agar, a gelatinous product prepared from the algae Gracilaria and Gelidium. It dissolves in hot water, the solution gelling on cooling (see colloid. Its main use is as a thickener in bacteria culture and in cooking.
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    agar
    agar (ä'gär, ā'–, ăg'är) , product obtained from several species of red algae, or seaweed, chiefly from the Ceylon, or Jaffna, moss (Gracilaria lichenoides) and species of Gelidium, harvested in eastern Asia and California. Chemically, agar is a polymer m...
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    Agar
    Agar (ā'gur) , the same as Hagar.
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