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5.9 Uses of Agar in Various Sectors
ОглавлениеApplications of agar are primarily based on its gel structure, flexibility, high hysteresis, ideal reversibility and their gel strength. More than 80% of agar produced, is consumed by the food industries. The rest is utilizes mainly in biotechnology applications and other scientific applications. In 1995 Armisen, described both, the natural as well as industrial agar sources and their applications. It is mentioned below in Table 5.2.
Table 5.2 Types of different agars, their applications and their respective agarophytes [9].
| Agar name | Type of agar and their application/purpose | Type of agarophyte |
| Natural agar | Square shaped | Gelidium |
| Stripe shape Predominantly used in asian kitchens | ||
| Industrial agar | Food quality agar Primarily used in food industry | Geludium, Gracilaria, Gracilariopsis, Pterocladia, Ahnfetia, Gelidiella |
| Pharmacological agar | Gelidium | |
| Cloning plants production quality agar | Gelidium or Pterocladia | |
| Bacteriological grade agar Used for bacterial culture | Gelidium or Pterocladia | |
| Finely purified agar Utilizes in biochemistry and microbiology specific bacteria | Gelidium |
