Agar vs. Agarose

Agarnoun

A gelatinous material obtained from the marine algae, used as a bacterial culture medium, in electrophoresis and as a food additive.

Agarnoun

A culture medium based on this material.

Agarnoun

common shortened form of agar-agar{2}.

Agarnoun

any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent; - used especially with a modifying prefix, as, EMB agar. The term is applied both to the dehydrated medium powder containing agar and to the gelatinous medium prepared from it.

Agarnoun

any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent

Agarnoun

a colloidal extract of algae; used especially in culture media and as a gelling agent in foods

Agarnoun

a gelatinous substance obtained from certain red seaweeds and used in biological culture media and as a thickener in foods.

Agar

Agar ( or ), or agar-agar, is a jelly-like substance obtained from red algae.Agar is a mixture of two components: the linear polysaccharide agarose and a heterogeneous mixture of smaller molecules called agaropectin. It forms the supporting structure in the cell walls of certain species of algae and is released on boiling.

Agarosenoun

A polymeric cross-linked polysaccharide extracted from the seaweed agar; used to make gels that are used in electrophoresis.

Agarose

Agarose is a polysaccharide, generally extracted from certain red seaweed. It is a linear polymer made up of the repeating unit of agarobiose, which is a disaccharide made up of D-galactose and 3,6-anhydro-L-galactopyranose.