agar
3
6.8
- noun
- /ˈɑːɡər/
- Specialized
:
agar
- So the the plants that we grow for reintroduction are grown on nutrient Agar without a fungus.
- agar plates
- nutrient agar
- agar medium
He let his Agar plates get moldy.
- He let his Agar plates get moldy.
- Before you put the heat on, we're going to combine Agar Agar and our water in a saucepan, so just pour it in.
- Oh, whatever word you just so the way it works is you add a little Agar Agar, which is a gelatin made out of seaweed.
Examples
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On the woodpile, the good doctor set out petri dishes full of agar to the open air.
Fiction book (1996) -
Initial pretreatment isolates were grown on Lowenstein-Jensen agar slants and identified to species in accordance with World Health Organization recommendations.
Academic text (2013) -
External pressure was applied by another identical watch glass to human skin mounted over the agar layer.
Academic text (2001) -
Before you put the heat on, we're going to combine Agar Agar and our water in a saucepan, so just pour it in.
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No changes in color were obtained in the tests done on nutrient agar or CD agar.
Academic text (1995) -
Table 3: Test paper color reactions for 21 bacillus strains on three different agar media.
Academic text (1995) -
Preparation of bacterial cultures: Bacteria were grown in nutrient agar broth for 24 hours at 37°C.
Academic text (2015) -
Serial dilution of the recovered spores was followed by surface-plating on tryptic soy agar (TSA) (DIFCO Laboratories).
Academic text (2003) -
We added the agar to the mixture to help it thicken properly.
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The scientist prepared cultures on agar plates to study bacterial growth.
Synonyms
1
7.2
A jelly made from seaweed that makes food firm and helps grow bacteria in labs
Compounds
- Specialized
1
7.2
A jelly made from seaweed that makes food firm and helps grow bacteria in labs
- Specialized
A jelly made with blood that labs use to grow bacteria so scientists can see and identify them
How Thick
- Specialized
1
8.6
- Specialized
2
5.6
- Specialized
3
6.8
- Specialized
10
3.2
9
3.7
∞
1.0
Surface Forms
Etymology
Agar comes from Malay agar-agar, the local name for a seaweed 'jelly' used in Asian cooking, which English picked up through trade. Because this seaweed makes a firm 'jelly', cooks use agar like 'gelatin' and scientists use it to grow bacteria, so today agar means the seaweed jelly used in labs and food.