Agar
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Agar, or agar-agar, is a jelly-like substance consisting of polysaccharides obtained from the cell walls of some species of red algae primarily from the Gracilaria genus and the Gelidiaceae family. Th
Green tea-flavored yōkan, a popular Japanese red bean jelly made from agar
A blood agar plate used to culture bacteria and diagnose infection
Ogonori, the most common red algae used to make agar
Sago at gulaman in Filipino cuisine is made from agar (gulaman), pearl sago, and sugar syrup flavored with pandan.
Red algae
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Red algae, or Rhodophyta, make up one of the oldest and largest phyla of eukaryotic algae, containing over 7,000 recognized species within over 900 genera amidst ongoing taxonomic revisions. The major
Agar
…Agar ( or ), or agar-agar, is a jelly-like substance consisting of polysaccharides obtained from the cell walls of some species of red algae (phylum Rhodophyta) primarily from the Gracilaria genus (Irish moss, ogonori) and the Gelidiaceae family (tengusa). These algae are known as agarophytes…
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Stylonemaalsidii
Red seaweed, Galaxaura rugosa, Daedalus Reef, Red Sea, Egypt
Porphyra umbilicalis Helgoland