Autoclaving MES

[Michael L. Sullivan]

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>. . . anyone tried this?  Or does it break down.  Mike.


I've used MES as a buffering agent in plant tissue culture media before,
using an autoclaved stock and then re-autoclaving the media.  From the pH
adustment prior to the second autoclaving, the MES had certainly retained
buffering capacity, although I couldn't tell you that there was no
breakdown at all.  It is certainly a fairly standard practice to make plant
tissue culture media and autoclave it with the MES in it, but I suppose
that doesn't mean there are no effects on the MES, just that that is how a
lot of people do it!

Hope this was somewhat helpful.

Mike

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