Value of the K+ salt of carageenan as an agar substitute in routine bacteriological media
- 1 December 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Applied and Environmental Microbiology
- Vol. 34 (6) , 637-639
- https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.34.6.637-639.1977
Abstract
The K+ salt of carageenan has no distinct advantages as a gelling agent, but it compared favorably with agar in most of the media tested. The difficulty involved in the preparation of blood plates and the results obtained with this medium prohibit its complete acceptance as a substitute for agar in routine solid media. However, it could be a suitable substitute for agar in all other routine bacteriological media.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
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