Thermo Scientific Chemicals LB Agar plate, Plain

Description

• A subtype of nutrient agar, this is the general medium for microbiology studies and may be used for routine cultivation of not particularly fastidious microorganisms
• Also, does not preferentially grow one kind of bacteria over another
• This Thermo Scientific Chemicals brand product was originally part of the Alfa Aesar product portfolio
• Some documentation and label information may refer to the legacy brand
• The original Alfa Aesar product / item code or SKU reference has not changed as a part of the brand transition to Thermo Scientific Chemicals
• General Description • LB agar plate is a nutrient-rich media frequently used to culture bacteria in the lab, including Escherichia coli Application • LB agar plate is used to culture bacteria in microbiology research
• These plates are commonly used during cloning experiments to amplify antibiotic-resistant, competent bacteria • The addition of agar to LB medium helps form a gel that allows bacteria to grow
• The bacteria cannot digest the agar but can obtain the needed nutrients to grow from the LB medium • The addition of ampicillin (100 μg/mL) to these plates allows selection of the bacteria that can grow in the presence of ampicillin which is conferred by a plasmid carrying the antibiotic resistance gene