A purified agar that is a fine light colored powder that is used as a solidification agent in the preparation of microbiological culture media. Features Synonym: Agar-agar, Gum agar Linear Formula: (C₁₂H₁₈O₉)_n CAS Number: 9002-18-0 …

Tryptone is an assortment of peptides generated by the tryptic digestion of casein.   It is commonly used in microbiology to produce Lysogeny broth for the growth of E. coli and other microorganisms, as it provides a source of amino acids.   Features Synonym: …

LB Agar: is for solid phase bacterial growth and is supplied as a premade format or as convenient size dry powder packs. LB Agar (Premade): Available in a premade format, simply heat in a boiling waterbath or microwave to melt and pour into Petri dishes.  Each 100ml bottle makes up to 7…

An autolysate of yeast cells used in preparing microbiological culture media.   Features Synonym: Select Yeast Extract CAS #: 8013-01-2    

Tranfer RNAs (tRNAs) are used as carriers or co-precipitants for helping in recovery of nucleic acids when alcohol precipitation method is used. Carrier or co-precipitants are inert substances that enhance recovery of nucleic acid when alcohol is used for precipitation. They are insoluble in…

LB Broth The bacterial growth media available are LB (Luria and Bertani); both as liquid and solid media for making solid growth matrices and bacterial plates, such as Petri Dishes.  The LB media supplies all the nutrients required for bacterial growth.  LB Broth is for liquid…

The Z-Competent™ E. coli Transformation kit is designed to generate competent E. coli cells for simple and highly efficient E. coli transformation. E. coli are grown in SOB medium (supplied with Cat. # GZ-5), washed and suspended in our supplied Competent Buffer. The bacterial…

S.O.C Medium is used in bacterial cell transformation after heat-shock treatment to the DNA-competent cell mixture to obtain maximal transformation efficiency. Features: Composition :2% Tryptone , 0.5% Yeast extract, 10mM NaCl, 2.5mM KCl, 10mM MgCl₂, 10mM…