Yes, it is likely to be a carcinogen. Handled with good laboratory practice
it will be quite safe to use.
Vince
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Is chloramphenicol carcinogenmic ?
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"Vince Mulholland" <Vince.Mulholland at sasa.gsi.gov.uk> wrote in message
news:C39747D75908D31195EE0090273C23E9F41B62 at barra...
> Vladimir,
>> Use chloramphenicol NOT ampicillin (the bacterium is Cam-R). This seems to
> be your problem.
>>>> Vincent Mulholland,
> Molecular Biology Unit Manager,
> Diagnostics & Molecular Biology Section,
> Scottish Agricultural Science Agency,
> East Craigs,
> Edinburgh EH12 8NJ, U.K.
>> URL: http://www.sasa.gov.uk/> E-Mail: Vince.Mulholland at sasa.gsi.gov.uk>>>> Hi,
>> BL21 CodonPlus (DE3) RIL from Stratagene has genotype E. coli B F(-) ompT
> hsdS(rB(-) mB(-)) dcm(+) Tet(r) gal ?(DE3) endA Hte[argU ileY leuW
Cam(r)],
> and appears it should be able to grow in a minimal medium. We tried to
grow
> it in M9 with glucose (and ampicillin for plasmid maintenance) with no
> avail. Tech. rep. from Stratagene was not of much help suggesting to add
> proline (?), cysteine (?) and thiamine (?) with no guarantee to work. Any
> advice what may be a problem and how to make it grow?
>> Thanks,
>> Vladimir Yamshchikov
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