microbial prevention

[Tom Anderson]

On Mon, 5 Feb 2007 minici.claudia At hsr.it wrote:

> Almost all laboratories have an incubator with water on the bottom. I am
> wondering what chemicals are better suited to prevent growth of
> bacteria, yeast, fungi, etc in it without damaging cells. Thanks!

The traditional answer is copper sulphate, but i understand there are
problems with this - corrosion, i think. We currently use something called
Aqua-Clear from Bel-Art Scienceware:

http://service.belart.com/cat/170930000.html

I think we get it through Fisher. There are probably hojillions of
equivalent products on the market.

tom

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