Sterilized glass plating beads (4mm) provide an efficient and easy method to achieve optimal spreading on agar plates. The rolling action of the glass beads gently spread the E. coli solution (or any bacterial /fungal solution) to reach areas of the plate that are inaccessible to spread. Multiple plates containing beads and E. coli solution may be stacked and shaken simultaneously to increase spreading throughout and reduce cell stress. The beads may be recovered by washing with 70% ethanol, then sterilized and dried.
Features:Pre-sterilized and no flaming required
Applications:Bacterial and fungal solution spreading on agar plates
Plating yeast for two-hybrid screens.
Quality Control:Each lot of beads has to pass contamination test by spreading sterilized water on agar plates containing no selective antibiotics. No bacterial and fugal colonies should be seen after 2 day incubation.
