TY  - JOUR
AV  - restricted
N2  - Agar was first used by Fanny Eilshemius
Hessc in 1881 (Hitchens and Leikind 1939)
as a solidifying agent in the preparation of
bacteriological culture media. Subsequently,
agar has been used in Increasing quantities in microbiological laboratories all over the
world. Agar is a gelatinous complex 
polsaccharide obtain from such marine
algae as Gelidiella sp Gracilaria sp.................. 

UR  - http://oar.icrisat.org/3326/
SP  - 159
Y1  - 1994///
IS  - 2
EP  - 163
PB  - Indian Society of Mycology and Plant Pathology
TI  - A potential substitute for agar in routine cultural work on fungi and bacteria
ID  - icrisat3326
A1  - Nene, Y L
A1  - Sheila, V K
SN  - 0303-4097
JF  - Indian Journal of Mycology & Plant Pathology
VL  - 24
ER  -