A1296

Agar

microbiology tested, suitable for plant cell culture, suitable for cell culture, powder

• Synonym(s): Agar-agar, Gum agar
• Linear Formula: (C₁₂H₁₈O₉)_n
• CAS Number: 9002-18-0
• UNSPSC Code: 50405901
• eCl@ss: 42040102
• EC Number: 232-658-1
• NACRES: NA.21
• MDL number: MFCD00081288

Properties

• Quality Segment: 200
• biological source: algae (Rhodophyceae), synthetic
• form: powder
• mol wt: 203.23 g/mol
• packaging: pkg of 1 kg, pkg of 100 g, pkg of 500 g
• technique(s): cell culture | mammalian: suitable, cell culture | plant: suitable, microbiological culture: suitable, protein purification: suitable
• ign. residue: 2.0-4.5%
• transition temp: congealing temperature <38 °C (1.5% in H₂O)
• suitability: microbiology tested
• application(s): agriculture; agriculture; food and beverages; life science and biopharma; microbiology; microbiology
• storage temp.: room temp
• 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

Description

Application

Agar is commonly employed in research for:

• agar plates for microbiology, such as Tryptic soy broth or TSB Agar plates for bacterial cell culture
• 50% Murashige-Skoog or MS medium (basal MS)for growing plant seedlings
• micropropagation of Pistacia lentiscus or Lentisk, for shoot initiation

Features and Benefits

• High-quality agar powder for general use in research
• Suitable for microbiology applications to culture bacteria and other microorganisms
• Suitable for plant cell culture for horticultural science and biotechnology
• Easily prepare and autoclave for a solid or semi-solid media at 6 - 12g/L

Other Notes

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Safety Information

• Storage Class: 11 - Combustible Solids
• wgk: WGK 1
• flash_point_f: Not applicable
• flash_point_c: Not applicable
• ppe: Eyeshields, Gloves, type N95 (US)