Product Overview
This product is recommended as a gelling agent for use in place of agar in microbiological media. Gellan gum is used in a wide variety of immobilization matricies.
Description
Gellan gum is a water-soluble anionic polysaccharide produced by the bacterium Sphingomonas elodea (formerly Pseudomonas elodea based on the taxonomic classification at the time of its discovery). Its taxonomic classification has been subsequently changed to Sphingomonas elodea based on current classification system.
Form
White to Off White Powder
Molecular Mass
1,000 kg/mol
Synonyms
Agar substitute gelling agent; Phytagel
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