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agar

an extract of certain seaweeds that forms a gel suitable for the solidification of liquid bacteriological CULTURE media. Blood agar is nutrient agar containing 5-10% horse blood, used for the cultivation of certain bacteria or for detecting haemolytic (blood-destroying) activity.

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