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 Pre-poured Agar Plates

Cloning & Expression
 

Never make an LB Agar plate again . . .

Save your valuable time for research with pre-poured agar plates from Sigma-Aldrich!

In addition to pre-blended powders and components, we offer pre-poured agar plates for the culture and selection of bacterial cultures. Currently we offer traditional LB plates for cultivation of any Escherichia coli strain and LB/amp plates for selection of ampicillin resistant strains and cells harboring selection plasmids containing the ampicillin resistance gene. In addition, we also offer LB plates with both carbenicillin and kanamycin.

All of our plates are tested with at least 4 different recombinant strains of E. coli to demonstrate the efficacy of the antibiotic contained within. The plates are provided in sleeves of 10 and are shipped at ambient temperature. However, upon receipt plates should be kept refrigerated until use.

Please inquire for other media and antibiotic combinations.

  • Convenient, sterile packaging
  • Suitable for a variety of E. coli strains and other enteric bacteria
  • Eliminate time consuming LB agar plate preparation
  • Lot-to-lot consistency and reliability

LB Agar Plates

Product # Product Name Description Application
L5542 LB Agar 1.0% Tryptone, 0.5% yeast extract, 1.0% NaCl, 1.5% agar For use with E. coli and other enteric bacteria.
L5667 LB Agar Ampicillin-100 LB Agar plates with 100 µg/ml ampicillin For use with ampicillin resistant strains and strains harboring plasmids such as the pUC series of plasmids.
L0168 LB Agar Ampicillin-50, plates LB Agar plates with 50 µg/ml ampicillin Pre-poured agar plates (100 mM) for the selection and propagation of Escherichia coli strains that are ampicillin resistant or that harbor plasmids conferring ampicillin resistance.
L0543 LB Agar Kanamycin-50, plates LB Agar plates with 50 µg/ml kanamycin Pre-poured agar plates (100 mM) for the selection and propagation of Escherichia coli strains that are kanamycin resistant or that harbor plasmids conferring kanamycin resistance.
L0418 LB Agar Carbenicillin-100, plates LB Agar plates with 100 µg/ml carbenicillin Pre-poured agar plates (100 mM) for the selection and propagation of Escherichia coli strains that are ampicillin resistant or that harbor plasmids conferring ampicillin resistance. Carbenicillin is an analog of ampicillin.