Agar or agar-agar is a gelatinous substance derived by boiling from a polysaccharide in red algae, where it accumulates in the cell walls of agarophyte and serves as the primary structural support for the algae's cell walls.

Agar is a mixture of two components: the linear polysaccharide agarose, and a heterogeneous mixture of smaller molecules called agaropectin.

Agar is typically sold commercially as a powder that can be mixed with water and prepared similarly to gelatin before use as a growth medium.

Agar is a heterogeneous mixture of two classes of polysaccharide: agaropectin and agarose.

Agar is used:

Richard Burton is judged as the Worst Actor of All Time over nominees John Agar, Tony Curtis and Victor Mature.

Agar, a product made from seaweed, is the traditional gelling agent in many Asian desserts.

Agar is a popular gelatin substitute in quick jelly powder mix and prepared dessert gels that can be stored at room temperature.

She worked on the 22nd Bond adventure Quantum of Solace and reprised her role as M. She is interested in horse racing and in partnership with her chauffeur Bryan Agar owns a four-year-old horse, " Smokey Oakey ", who won the 2008 Brigadier Gerard Stakes.

Agar is a small town in Sully County, South Dakota, United States.

Agar is located at ( 44. 838678 ,-100. 072869 ).

He is especially despised by Private Peter Conway ( John Agar ), the arrogant, college-educated son of an officer, Colonel Sam Conway under whom Stryker served and admired, and Private Al Thomas ( Forrest Tucker ), who blames him for his demotion.

Hagar hay ' gahr (, meaning " uncertain "; Agar ; ; Hājar ) is a biblical person in the Book of Genesis Chapter 16.

The heir apparent is the present holder's only son James Shaun Christian Welbore Ellis Agar, Viscount Somerton ( b. 1982 )

Candies acquired of from Hershey and several other brands, originally used Ju-Ju Gum as an ingredient, which is similar to many of the other vegetable gums such as Gum Arabic, Acacia, Agar or Guar used within the confectionery industry.

Agar is a gelatinous substance derived from seaweed.

Neil Agar, a security agent with the State Department, is dispatched to Peckham, California to investigate the death of John Grubowsky, a bacteriologist working at government-sponsored Brandt Research.

Mannitol is the primary ingredient of Mannitol Salt Agar, a bacterial growth medium, and is used in others.

Tokoroten is made from strips of Agar, a gelatin like substance made from algae from the sea such as tengusa ( gelidiaceae ) and ogonori ( gracilaria ) by boiling.

The arches at the corner of the walls contain the inscription of the famous verse of the 13th century Sufi poet Amir Khusrow, which reads – " Agar Firdaus Bar Rooe Zaminast Haminasto Haminasto Haminast " (" If there be a paradise on the earth, it is this, it is this, it is this ").

The Agar perfume industry is also at Hojai, making Nagaon, in its many undiscovered facets, Assam ’ s best kept secret. It is known as the RICE BOWL of assam. Economy of Nagaon District, in terms of natural resources endowment, is purely agrarian.

Agar ( agar-agar ) can be used as a laxative, an appetite suppressant, vegetarian gelatin substitute, a thickener for soups, in fruit preserves, ice cream, and other desserts, as a clarifying agent in brewing, and for sizing paper and fabrics.

* Wort Agar, a selective medium commonly used in microbiological settings.

The name of Agar Town is commemorated by Agar Grove, a road that runs along the edge of where Agar Town used to be, and which was originally called St Paul's Road.

The yields of Salmonella from stool samples obtained, when using this medium, are higher than those obtained with LEIFSON Agar or Salmonella – Shigella agar ( SSA ).

Walther Hesse ( 27 December 1846 – 19 July 1911 ) is best known for his work in microbiology, specifically his work in developing Agar as a medium for culturing microorganisms.

King, Ward, and Raney developed Pseudomonas Agar P ( King A medium ) for enhancing pyocyanin and pyorubin production, and Pseudomonas Agar F ( King B medium ) for enhancing fluorescein production.

Besides the operas, oratorios ( Agar et Ismaele esiliati, 1684 ; Christmas Oratorio, c. 1705 ; S. Filippo Neri, 1714 ; and others ) and serenatas, which all exhibit a similar style, Scarlatti composed upwards of five hundred chamber-cantatas for solo voice.

During the 1950s and 1960s, Farley Farm became a sort of artistic Mecca for visiting artists such as Picasso, Man Ray, Henry Moore, Eileen Agar, Jean Dubuffet, Dorothea Tanning, and Max Ernst.

Agents who worked for MI6 during the war included Augustus Agar, Paul Dukes, John Buchan, Compton Mackenzie and W. Somerset Maugham.

In 1906, Holden won the architectural competition to design a new headquarters for the British Medical Association on the corner of The Strand and Agar Street ( now Zimbabwe House ).

It was created in 1806 for Charles Agar, 1st Viscount Somerton, Archbishop of Dublin.

" Weekend hosts Jerry Agar and the " News Junkie " Sean Wasson left the station, in exchange for more general and less controversial talk.

* Global Heritage Fund has a page for Agar Quf

Captain Augustus Willington Shelton Agar, VC, DSO, RN ( 4 January 1890 – 30 December 1968 ) was a noted Royal Navy officer in both World War I and World War II and a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

A friend of the family, Sir Henry Jackson, later an admiral and First Sea Lord, nominated Agar for a spot in the annual intake of naval cadets.

It was as torpedo and mining officer that Augustus Agar was selected for this service.

These were very happy years for Agar, in a friendly country with interesting work and regular cruises through the South Seas.

The commander in chief, Admiral Sir Roger Keyes, specifically asked for Agar.

After these assignments, Agar was sent on courses and on shore duty for several years, including a stint as naval advisor to the New Zealand Delegation to the London Naval Conference of 1930.

Accompanied by various auxiliary vessels, Agar set off for Boulogne several times in September and October 1940 with four small ancient oil tankers filled with a special incendiary fuel ( called Agar's special mixture ).

The wartime need for oil tankers was so great that only vessels unfit for convoy work were available to Agar.

After leave for a month, the less than fit Agar was sent to Belfast to supervise the building and completion of the new aircraft carrier, HMS Unicorn.

It was created on 12 January 1781 for James Agar, 1st Baron Clifden.

The title of Baron Mendip, of Mendip in the County of Somerset, was created in the Peerage of Great Britain in 1794 for the politician Welbore Ellis, with remainder to the three eldest sons of his sister Anne Ellis, wife of Henry Agar ( which included James Agar, 1st Viscount Clifden and Charles Agar, 1st Earl of Normanton ).