agar
pronunciation
How to pronounce agar in British English:
UK [ˈeɪgɑ:(r)]
How to pronounce agar in American English:
US ['eɪɡɑr]
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- Noun:
- any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent
- a colloidal extract of algae; used especially in culture media and as a gelling agent in foods
Word Origin
Example
- 1. The fluid with the bacteria in it was dotted on to agar plates .
- 2. So for example when the chefs were working on the part of the book focused on gels and thickeners myhrvold was having them concentrate on exotic hydrocolloids like agar or gellan .
- 3. He and his graduate student clayton wright dyed some lab bacteria different colors , streaked it onto an agar plate in the shape of the google logo , and let it grow .