IBI's Bacteriological Agar is a water soluble colloidal extract obtained from certain species of marine red algae; including Gelidium, Pterocladia, and Gracilaria. Impurities, debris, minerals, and pigments are reduced to specific levels during manufacture. Agar is typically used for general…

CAS: 9002-18-0 EC No: 232-658-1 MDL No: MFCD00081288 RTECS: AW7950000 Powder Molecular Formula: (C₁₂H₁₈O₉)n

Agar is a polysaccharide complex extracted by bleaching and hot water treatment of agarocytes from the red alga Rhodophyceae, and usually consisting of the genera Gelidium, Acanthopeltis, Ceramium, Pterocladia and Gracilaria. The algae are typically found in the Pacific and Indian Oceans and in the…