any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent
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nutrient agars
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Malay agar or agar-agar, both meaning jelly.
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a microbiological growth medium commonly used for the routine cultivation of non-fastidious bacteria. It's useful because it remains solid even at relatively high temperatures. Also, bacteria grown in nutrient agar grows on the surface, and is clearly ... (37 of 116 words, 1 image)
gelatin-like product made primarily from the algae Gelidium and Gracilaria. Best known as a solidifying component of bacteriological culture media, ... (20 of 162 words, 1 image)
a gelatinous product made from seaweed and used as a base for bacterial ... | a base containing agar (18 of 36 words, 2 definitions, pronunciation, 1 image)
a complex gelatinous carbohydrate obtained from seaweeds, especially those of the genus "Gelidium", used as a culture medium for bacteria, a laxative, ... (22 of 321 words, 2 usage examples, pronunciation)
product obtained from several species of red algae, or seaweed, chiefly from the Ceylon, or Jaffna, moss ("Gracilaria lichenoides") and species of ... (22 of 106 words, pronunciation)
a gelatinlike product of certain seaweeds, used for solidifying certain ... | [biology] a culture medium having an agar base. | "Agar" : [Douay Bible] ... (23 of 65 words, 3 definitions, pronunciations)
[chemistry] a substance that is obtained from seaweed, used for making liquids thicker or for making them solid. It's a type of carbohydrate. | ... (23 of 60 words, 2 definitions, pronunciation)
a gelatinous colloidal extractive of a red alga (as of the genera Gelidium, ... | a culture medium containing agar (19 of 56 words, 2 definitions, pronunciation)
A gelatinous material derived from certain marine algae. It's used as a ... | A culture medium containing this material. (19 of 47 words, 2 definitions, pronunciations)
a gelatinous substance obtained from certain red seaweeds and used in biological culture media and as a thickener in foods (20 of 34 words, pronunciations)
A gelatinous material obtained from the marine algae, used as a bacterial culture medium, in electrophoresis and as a food additive. | [chemistry] An agarose, the principle constituent of the commercial gel. (31 of 32 words, 2 definitions)
a thick clear substance which comes from seaweed, used for growing microorganisms in laboratories, and also for thickening foods (19 of 26 words, pronunciations)
a powdered seaweed extract. Use: gelling agent, thickener. | a culture medium based on a seaweed extract. Use: growing microorganisms in laboratories. (21 of 54 words, 2 definitions, pronunciations)
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First use: about 1813
Origin: Malay agar-agar
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First use: 1820
Origin: Malay
First use: Late 19th century
Origin: Malay agar-agar "jelly"
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