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a·gar

(ā′gär′, ä′gär′) also a·gar-a·gar (ā′gär-ā′gär′, ä′gär-ä′-)

1. A gelatinous material derived from certain marine algae. It is used as a base for bacterial culture media and as a stabilizer and thickener in many food products.

2. A culture medium containing this material.

[Short for Malay agar-agar.]

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agar

(ˈeɪɡə)

(Elements & Compounds) a complex gelatinous carbohydrate obtained from seaweeds, esp those of the genus Gelidium, used as a culture medium for bacteria, a laxative, in food such as ice cream as a thickening agent (E406), etc. Also called: agar-agar

[C19: Malay]

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a•gar

(ˈɑ gɑr, ˈæg ər)

n.

1. Also, a′gar-a′gar.a gel prepared from the cell walls of various red algae, used in laboratories as a culture medium, in food processing as a thickener and stabilizer, and in industry as a filler, adhesive, etc.

2. a culture medium having an agar base.

[1885–90; < Malay agaragar]

a·gar

(ā′gär′, ä′gär′)

A jelly-like material obtained from marine algae, especially seaweed. It is used as a medium for growing bacterial cultures in the laboratory and as a thickener and stabilizer in food products.

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Noun	1.	agar - any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent nutrient agar culture medium, medium - (bacteriology) a nutrient substance (solid or liquid) that is used to cultivate micro-organisms agar-agar, agar - a colloidal extract of algae; used especially in culture media and as a gelling agent in foods blood agar - a culture medium containing whole blood as the nutrient
	2.	agar - a colloidal extract of algae; used especially in culture media and as a gelling agent in foods agar-agar gum - any of various substances (soluble in water) that exude from certain plants; they are gelatinous when moist but harden on drying agar, nutrient agar - any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent

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[ˈeɪgəʳ] agar-agar [ˌeɪgərˈeɪgəʳ] n → agar-agar m inv

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Chocolate milk agar was prepared using two formulations.

Identify isolates causing band aid-like off-flavors in nonfat chocolate milk

Freshly voided midstream urine was inoculated with calibrated loop on to different agar plates, and the plates were incubated at 37[degrees]C for 24 to 48hrs.

Mid stream urine were cultured on Nutrient Agar, MacConkey's Agar, Cystine-Lactose-Electrolyte-Deficient, HiCrome UTI Agar media.

Comparative Study Between Different Types of Media used for the Isolation of Uropathogens with Special Reference to E.coli

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Both HiCrome UTI agar and Blood agar media supported 100% growths while 151 (75.88%) growths were observed on MacConkey agar.

Comparative evaluation of chromogenic agar medium and conventional culture system for isolation and presumptive identification of uropathogens

pneumoniae were similar for the two sheep blood agars; however, larger zone sizes were displayed on human blood agar, and quality control for the reference strain failed on human blood agar.

Preparation of the blood-enriched agar with the use of red cell suspension

monocytogenes was recovered from only 10% of samples on CHROMagar and not from any samples on the other selective chromogenic agars. For the second inoculated suspension, chromogenic agars recovered L.

Substitute chromogenic media to recover L. monocytogenes from RTE products

Agars seconded the view that the issues raised by Denmark's Maastricht vote are political rather than a roadblock for business.

Is accounting becoming the first truly international profession?

coli is a prerequisite which is often complicated in practice, due to the co-occurence of other interfering enteric bacteria such as Citrobacter, Klebsiella and Enterobacter, which also ferment lactose and exhibit similar colony morphology on Levine's Eosin Methylene Blue (EMB) agar selective for E.

Comparative evaluation of EMB agar and Hicrome E. coli agar for differentiation of green metallic sheen producing non E. coli and typical E. coli colonies from food and environmental samples

The emergence of a global economy has implications for all accountants, according to Edlund and Agars. Agars believes "many CPAs have not yet prepared themselves for the inevitable impact on their clients and their business." However, he said, "the trend toward globalization is bound to affect them and their clients in the next few years.

Preparing for October's XIV World Congress of Accountants

In addition, if GBS is present with non-typical colony morphology it can be difficult to detect or missed, particularly on blood agar (2,3,4).

A comparison of four commercial chromogenic media and blood agar for the isolation and preliminary identification of Streptococcus agalactiae from vaginal swabs

Presumptive identification is based on demonstrating a lack of [beta]-hemolysis on sheep (2,3) or horse (3) blood agar plates and the organism's lack of motility (2,3).