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Contaminant

Contaminant

An impurity; any material of an extraneous nature associated with a chemical, a pharmaceutical preparation, a physiologic principle, or an infectious agent. A substance that contaminates.A foreign species of a given environment where the species is not in its natural habitat, and therefore foreign to the new environment also.


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Shipping of transformed E.coli

... cultures of say 10 colonies, miniprep the cultures and sequence the plasmids. at least some should have the right plasmid, even if there was a contaminant. Just make sure you have isolated individual colonies when you first plate them

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by MrMistery
Thu Apr 02, 2009 1:49 pm
 
Forum: Molecular Biology
Topic: Shipping of transformed E.coli
Replies: 1
Views: 219

Contaminations in tissue culture

I came up with one more contaminant that mostly applies to cell cultures, but could in theory affect tissue cultures as well: other cell/tissue cultures. At least with long-lasting, immortalised cell cultures it is not uncommon, that ...

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by biohazard
Thu Apr 24, 2008 8:54 am
 
Forum: Cell Biology
Topic: Contaminations in tissue culture
Replies: 7
Views: 858

toxicology question

... question is mind boggling because i feel that the correct answer should be all of the above. :?: 2) Perchlorate is an environmental industrial contaminant of ground water. persons who are exposed to it experience symptoms of hypothyroidism and develop enlargement of the thyroid gland. This ...

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by jnguyen
Mon Mar 03, 2008 2:53 am
 
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: toxicology question
Replies: 3
Views: 436

fiber/hair moving thru water

... fbi database of over 50000 known fibers. the analyst claims that the fibers appear to be manufactured by our bodies and are not an environmental contaminant. any help is appreciated

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by ppy1818
Mon May 28, 2007 9:53 pm
 
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: fiber/hair moving thru water
Replies: 3
Views: 577

DNA Testing on ancient mummies-- how reliable is it?

the ancient DNA is actually tricky.the amount is too little often so i has 2 use PCR 4 amplifyin it.the presence of contaminant dna(insects,parasites etc.)too get amplified.the answer if u wonder y 'Jurassic Park' has not become a reality.

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by lara
Sun Apr 15, 2007 1:25 am
 
Forum: Molecular Biology
Topic: DNA Testing on ancient mummies-- how reliable is it?
Replies: 1
Views: 477
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