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Agar

Name: Agar
Brand: SIGMA

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:

9002-18-0

UNSPSC Code:

50405901

eCl@ss:

42040102

EC Number:

232-658-1

NACRES:

NA.28

MDL number:

MFCD00081288

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Properties

biological source

algae (Rhodophyceae)

Quality Segment

200

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

Description

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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Global Trade Item Number

SKU	GTIN
A6686-1KG	04061835442249
A6686-500G	04061833382738
A6686-100G	04061833382721