Agarophyte
Contents
Basics
- A type of a seaweed (often red algae)
- Produces agarose and agropectin (agar) in its cell walls
- Is thus the crop from which Agar comes from
Types
Natural
Gracilaria
Gelidium
Genetically Engineered
- Basic Premise:
- Insert the agar genes into other algae species (or even other plants)
- This can be done for easier cultivation (due to a species that is already farmed (such as for edible seaweed)), faster growth, etc
