Antibiotics

Antibiotics kdorfman Wed, 12/28/2011 - 21:01

Amphotericin

Amphotericin kdorfman Tue, 01/09/2018 - 18:29

Anti-Fungal

Stock solution: 10 mg/mL in DMSO (insoluble in ethanol)

Store at 4C short term, -20 long term (in 15 mL tube, wrapped in foil with tape label)

Keep in the dark.

Final concentration in medium = 10 ug/mL

Add 1 mL per L

Freezes in the refrigerator.

Protect from light.

Ampicillin

Ampicillin kdorfman Wed, 12/28/2011 - 21:02

50 mg/mL stock

(Final concentration in medium = 50 µg/mL)

Lasts up to 4 weeks in poured agar at 4C

0.5 g in 10 mL water

filter sterilize

1 mL aliquots (enough for 1 L medium)

0.4 mg/mL for QSB

Make 35 mL: 0.28 mL 50 mg/mL stock

35 mL sterile water

(filter sterilize if any doubt about sterility)

48 0.7 mL aliquots

Can also use carbenicillin

to make: mL amp solution
at this concentration: mg/mL
add: g dry ampicillin

Carbenicillin

Carbenicillin kdorfman Tue, 08/02/2016 - 15:05

(More stable than ampicillin)

Fisher 50841234b 25 mL Teknova C2130

100 mg/mL stock

effective concentration 50 - 100 µg/mL in medium

Freeze aliquots.

Cipro

Cipro kdorfman Wed, 12/28/2011 - 21:02

Ciprofloxacin 10 mg/mL stock

(final concentration in medium = 10 µg/mL)

100 mg in 10 mL dilute acid (add HCl drop by drop, mixing in between till it dissolves)

filter sterilize

1 mL aliquots

freeze

0.2 mg/mL for QSB

0.7 mL 10 mg/mL stock

35 mL water

filter sterilize

48 0.7 mL aliquots

To make mL 0.2 mg/mL cipro
you'll need: g cipro

freeze

Doxycycline

Doxycycline kdorfman Mon, 01/18/2016 - 13:27

Tetracycline category

solubility 50 mg/mL in water

disk has 30 ug

Erythromycin

Erythromycin kdorfman Fri, 01/20/2012 - 18:10

solubility

50 mg/mL in ethanol

lasts up to 4 weeks in poured agar at 4C

10 mg/mL stock

(10 µg/mL in medium)

0.25 g in 25 mL EtOH

1 mL aliquots

freeze

0.6 mg/mL for QSB

2.1 mL 10 mg/mL stock

33 mL EtOH1

48 0.7 mL aliquots

freeze


  1. Try 20 µL in 330 µL water to see if it dissolves. If so, then make aqueous solution, filter sterilize, and freeze. ↩︎

Kanamycin

Kanamycin kdorfman Wed, 12/28/2011 - 21:01

50 mg/mL stock (50 µg/mL in medium)

Concentration in poured agar drops to ~80% in 1 week, but stays stable for 3 more weeks at 4C

1.25 g in 25 mL H2O

filter sterilize

mL aliquots

freeze

1.2 mg/mL for QSB

0.84 mL 50 mg/mL stock

34.16 mL water

filter sterilize (if any doubt about sterility)

48 0.7 mL aliquots

To make mL 1.2 mg/mL kanamycin
you'll need: g kanamycin

freeze

Kan calcs

Kan calcs kdorfman Tue, 10/02/2012 - 16:23
if Kanamycin stock is: mg/mL
to make: mL medium
with a final Kan concentration of: mg/mL
Add: mL kanamycin stock

Streptomycin

Streptomycin kdorfman Tue, 10/17/2023 - 19:43

In refrigerator in 362A

Fisher Streptomycin sulfate 50g

BP910-50 (discontinued)

MW 1457.58

~50 mg/L for agar

Tetracycline

Tetracycline kdorfman Wed, 01/18/2012 - 20:28

Standard is 10 mg/mL stock

Stable for 2 weeks in poured agar at 4C; 75% after 4 weeks

15 mg/mL stock

0.275 g tetracycline in 25 mL EtOH

1 mL aliquots

freeze

1.2 mg/mL for QSB

2.8 mL 15 mg/mL stock in 32.2 mL EtOH1

48 0.7 mL aliquots

freeze

To make mL 1.2 mg/mL tetracylcine
you'll need: g tetracycline


  1. Try 28 µL in 322 µL water to see if it dissolves. If so, then make aqueous solution, filter sterilize, and freeze. ↩︎

Triclosan

Triclosan kdorfman Wed, 12/28/2011 - 21:02

Irgasan

Sigma 72779-5g-f

MW 289.54