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A6686

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:
9002-18-0
UNSPSC Code:
50405901
eCl@ss:
42040102
EC Number:
232-658-1
NACRES:
NA.28
MDL number:
MFCD00081288

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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

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

Quality Level

200

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

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Agar suitable for plant cell culture

Sigma-Aldrich

A8678

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Agar suitable for plant cell culture, powder

Sigma-Aldrich

A7921

Agar

Agar Type A, suitable for plant cell culture

Sigma-Aldrich

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Agar

form

granular

form

powder

form

powder

form

powder

technique(s)

cell culture | plant: suitable

technique(s)

cell culture | plant: suitable

technique(s)

cell culture | plant: suitable

technique(s)

cell culture | plant: suitable

biological source

algae (Rhodophyceae)

biological source

algae (Rhodophyceae)

biological source

algae (Rhodophyceae)

biological source

algae (Rhodophyceae)

mp

83-89  °C

mp

80-90 °C (1.5% in water)

mp

-

mp

-

transition temp

transition temp 32-39 °C

transition temp

transition temp 27-37 °C (1.5%)

transition temp

congealing temperature 30-35 °C

transition temp

transition temp 32-38 °C (1.5%)

suitability

microbiology tested

suitability

-

suitability

-

suitability

-

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[1]
  • as a supplement with NZCYM media for culturing Campylobacter coli strains for lysogeny screening[2]
  • 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[3]

Other Notes

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

Storage Class

11 - Combustible Solids

wgk

WGK 1

ppe

Eyeshields, Gloves, type N95 (US)

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0000541353
0000528368
0000524665

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C Carvalho et al.
Letters in applied microbiology, 50(2), 192-197 (2009-12-17)
Poultry meat is considered a major source of Campylobacter. This micro-aerobic bacterium is commonly responsible for foodborne illness. This work focuses on the isolation of Campylobacter coli lytic bacteriophages (phages) against target C. coli strains. A method involving the enrichment
Diana Gutiérrez et al.
Methods and protocols, 1(1) (2018-01-17)
The growing concern about multi-drug resistant pathogenic bacteria has led to a renewed interest in the study of bacteriophages as antimicrobials and as therapeutic agents against infectious diseases (phage therapy). Phages to be used for this purpose have to be
Reproductive Behavior of Induced Allotetraploid ?Chitalpa and In Vitro Embryo Culture of Polyploid Progeny
Olsen R T, et al.,
J. Am. Soc. Hort. Sci., 131(6), 716-724 (2006)
Riccardo Russo et al.
Microorganisms, 3(4), 903-912 (2015-01-01)
Select Agents are microorganisms and toxins considered to be exploitable as biological weapons. Although infections by many Select Agents can be treated by conventional antibiotics, the risk of an emerging or engineered drug resistant strain is of great concern. One
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
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      For all products, we recommend handling per defined conditions as printed in our product literature and website product descriptions. We recommend that products should be routinely inspected by customers to ensure they perform as expected.
      For products without retest or expiration dates, our standard warranty of 1 year from the date of shipment is applicable.
      For more information, please refer to the Product Dating Information document: https://www.sigmaaldrich.com/deepweb/assets/sigmaaldrich/marketing/global/documents/418/501/product-dating-information-06-25-mk.pdf

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    1. Products may be shipped at a different temperature than the recommended long-term storage temperature. If the product quality is sensitive to short-term exposure to conditions other than the recommended long-term storage, it will be shipped on wet or dry-ice. If the product quality is NOT affected by short-term exposure to conditions other than the recommended long-term storage, it will be shipped at ambient temperature. As shipping routes are configured for minimum transit times, shipping at ambient temperature helps control shipping costs for our customers. For more information, please refer to the Storage and Transport Conditions document: https://www.sigmaaldrich.com/deepweb/assets/sigmaaldrich/marketing/global/documents/316/622/storage-transport-conditions-mk.pdf

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