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Agar

Bacteriological, microbiology tested, suitable for plant cell culture, granular

Synonym(s):

Agar-agar, Gum agar

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Linear Formula:
(C12H18O9)n
CAS Number:
UNSPSC Code:
50405901
eCl@ss:
42040102
EC Number:
232-658-1
NACRES:
NA.28
MDL number:
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biological source

algae (Rhodophyceae)

form

granular

technique(s)

cell culture | plant: suitable

mp

83-89  °C

transition temp

transition temp 32-39 °C

suitability

microbiology tested

application(s)

agriculture

storage temp.

room temp

SMILES string

O1[C@@H]([C@@H]([C@@H]([C@H](C1OC2[C@H]3OCC2OC([C@H]3O)C)O)OC)O)CO

InChI

1S/C14H24O9/c1-5-8(16)13-11(7(21-5)4-20-13)23-14-10(18)12(19-2)9(17)6(3-15)22-14/h5-18H,3-4H2,1-2H3/t5?,6-,7?,8-,9+,10-,11?,12+,13+,14?/m1/s1

InChI key

GYYDPBCUIJTIBM-DYOGSRDZSA-N

General description

Agar, also known as agar-agar, is one of the biochemical agents most used in microbiology field. It is obtained from red algae Rhodophyceae, is the most abundantly used gelling agent in culture media. Agar is polysaccharide complex, composed of 70% agarose and 30% agaropectin.

Application

Agar has been used:
  • to culture Staphylococcus aureus for phage infection studies
  • as a supplement with NZCYM media for culturing Campylobacter coli strains for lysogeny screening
  • as a basic media component to improve in vitro ovule and embryo culture methods of cross Chitalpa hybrids to facilitate the rescue of triploids
  • in the culture media for Bdellovibrio spp. and Micavibrio spp. strains to check their susceptibility towards a variety of select agents

Other Notes

A purified agar from which the naturally occurring pigments, salts and miscellaneous matter has been reduced to a minimum.


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Storage Class

11 - Combustible Solids

wgk

WGK 1

ppe

Eyeshields, Gloves, type N95 (US)



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Arnaud Dechesne et al.
Applied and environmental microbiology, 74(16), 5195-5200 (2008-07-01)
Water is arguably the most important constituent of microbial microhabitats due to its control of physical and physiological processes critical to microbial activity. In natural environments, bacteria often live on unsaturated surfaces, in thin (micrometric) liquid films. Nevertheless, no experimental
Miaomiao Shi et al.
Journal of bacteriology, 195(7), 1463-1474 (2013-01-22)
We report a previously undescribed mechanism for the rugose morphotype in Shewanella oneidensis, a research model for investigating redox transformations of environmental contaminants. Bacteria may form smooth or rugose colonies on agar plates. In general, conversion from the smooth to
Timothy A Wencewicz et al.
Journal of medicinal chemistry, 56(10), 4044-4052 (2013-04-26)
Chemical syntheses and biological evaluation of biscatecholate-monohydroxamate mixed ligand sideromycins utilizing the carbacephalosporin β-lactam antibiotic loracarbef and the fluoroquinolone antibiotic ciprofloxacin are described. The mixed ligand β-lactam sideromycin (1b) had remarkably selective and extremely potent antibacterial activity against the Gram-negative



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SKUGTIN
A6686-1KG04061835442249
A6686-100G04061833382721
A6686-500G04061833382738