1 Wisconsin Heat Awareness Day will be observed on Thursday, 13 June 2013. 2  Wisconsin, along with the rest of the nation, observes Lightning Awareness Week from 23 to 29 June 2013. 3  Since Wisconsin borders on two of the Great Lakes, rip currents can pose a hazard to swimmers.
Growth of obligate anaerobes. The mixture of necessary nutrients can be used as a liquid medium, or a solidifying agent can be added. Agar agar is a natural polysaccharide produced by marine algae and is the most commonly used solidifying agent added to media (end concentration usually 1.5 % w/v). If hydrolysis of the agar is suspected, a silica gel is used as a replacement solidifying agent.
Agar or agar-agar is a dry extract of red marine algae (seaweeds), which contains soluble fiber [1,2]. It is used as a food additive and supplement. Agar-agar in Malay means âjelly.â.