agar.

English - Turkish

Definition of agar. in English Turkish dictionary: agar; (Tıp) Jieloz taşıyan kültür vasatı (medium); bazı deniz yosunlarından elde edilen jelatinimsi bir madde

Turkish - Turkish

Definition of agar. in Turkish Turkish dictionary: şerefli kimse; Asil ve şerefli

English - English

Definition of agar. in English English dictionary: sea vegetable; An agarose, the principle constituent of the commercial gel; powder added to media for solidification; A gel from seaweed extract which is resistant to microbial attack; A medium used to grow microorganisms; a colloidal extract of algae; used especially in culture media and as a gelling agent in foods; A tasteless dried seaweed that is used as a thickening agent Sold in blocks, powder, or stands Agar can be used in place of gelatin, but less is required Also called "kanten" and "Japanese Gelatin "; A gelatinous material obtained from the marine algae, used as a bacterial culture medium, in electrophoresis and as a food additive; a colloidal extract of algae; used especially in culture media and as a gelling agent in foods any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent; a gelatinous substance used for sterile propagation of plants most often orchids; A vegetable gelatin made from various kinds of algae or seaweed The algae are collected, bleached and dried Then the gelatin substance is extracted with water and made into flakes, granules, powder or strips which are brittle when dry Primarily used as a thickening agent; A sea vegetable gelatin made from the genera Gelidium and Gracilaria Sold in the form of flakes, bars, powders, and strands; Agar is an extract of certain seaweeds that forms a gel suitable for the solidification of liquid bacteriological culture media; Complex polysaccharide derived from certain marine algae that is a gelling agent for solid or semisolid microbiological media Agar consists of about 70% agarose and 30% agaropectin Agar can be melted at temperature above 100ºC; gelling temperature is 40-50ºC; Aloes wood Aloes was the "original" incense, so frequently the word "agar" is used to mean simply "incense"; any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent; A gelatinous solidifying agent used as a culturing medium for microbial analysis or isolation; 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 (10); {i} complex sugar (used in food production, cooking and as a base for bacterial cultures); (AH-gahr, AY-gahr)