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Agarose vs Agar - What's the difference?

agarose | agar |

As nouns the difference between agarose and agar

is that agarose is a polymeric cross-linked polysaccharide extracted from the seaweed agar; used to make gels that are used in electrophoresis while agar is a gelatinous material obtained from the marine algae, used as a bacterial culture medium, in electrophoresis and as a food additive.

agarose

English

(wikipedia agarose)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A polymeric cross-linked polysaccharide extracted from the seaweed agar; used to make gels that are used in electrophoresis.

    • agar

    English

    (wikipedia agar)

    Noun

    (-)
  • A gelatinous material obtained from the marine algae, used as a bacterial culture medium, in electrophoresis and as a food additive.
  • (chemistry) An agarose, the principle constituent of the commercial gel.

    • Synonyms

    * agal-agal * agar-agar * when used as a stabiliser and gelling agent

    Anagrams

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