Problem with Arabidopsis seeds sterilization

[Suk-whan Hong]

Hi Byung-hoon Kim, I have same experience with you. Something on your
plate after sterilization might be agrobacteria kept in seed coat.
Hygromysin work to kill them in my experiment.
Good luck.

Suk-Whan Hong.

On 1 Feb 2000, BHKim wrote:

>
>  Hello everyone,
>
>  I sterilized Arabidopsis seeds which have been transformed by vacuum
>  infiltration. But one week after growing on the selection plates I found
>  a lot of fungi on the plates. I repeated it again and again, but I
>  couldn't get rid of them.
>  The sterilization methode was :
>         3000 - 4000 seeds per 1.5 ml Epp. tube
>         shaking for 5 min, RT, in (95% EtOH and 0.1% Triton X-100)
>         shaking for 5 min, RT, in (Potassium chloride solution with one
>  drop of Tween 20)
>         washing 3 times with sterile H2O
>
>  Could anyone out there give me a tip?
>  Thanks in advance for any comment
>
>  Byung-Hoon Kim
>
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