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agarJellylike carbohydrate, obtained from seaweeds. It is used mainly in microbiological experiments as a culture medium for growing bacteria and other micro-organisms. The agar is resistant to breakdown by micro-organisms, remaining a solid jelly throughout the course of the experiment.
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Beneficial products already derived from cultivated marine
organisms (Figure 4) include agar-agar from seaweed, the basis of solid
support bacterial culture media. Agar-agar is a sea vegetable rich in vitamins and minerals. We've
taken a few shortcuts, deleted hard-to-find ingredients (like daikon
radish greens and chuka salad, a seasoned seaweed and agar-agar mixture)
and in some instances substituted others with a little guidance from
Diaz while still attempting
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