Agar

Agar (малайск.; synonym: an agar-agar) – received from some seaweed (for example, from Ahnfeltia plicata laver) the material forming dense gel (jelly) in aqueous solutions. The agar is applied to preparation of mediums in microbiology. Also it is used in food, pharmaceutical and other industries.

 
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