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GELZAN™ CM Gellan Gum

  • Overview
  • Properties

GELZAN™ CM Gellan Gum is a low acyl gellan gum designed for use in microbiological assay and tissue culture media. This water-soluble, transparent biopolymer is used as a gelling agent. It forms a hard gel at low concentrations in the presence of an electrolyte.

  • Transparent and colorless Agar alternative
  • Mechanically robust
  • Easy to disperse in water
  • Low viscosity
  • Forms a gel that doesn’t melt at high temperatures
CAS Registry Number: 71010-52-1
Functions Thickening Stabilizing
Applications Industrial Microbiological Media Plant Tissue Culture

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