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Toluldine Blue-DNA Agar

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Italy

Known as an Italian recipe, with similar versions prepared across other nations.

Ingredients 2 ingredients

  1. 1 liter distilled water
  2. 1 g Distilled water

Cook safely

Keep children and pets away from the hob and the oven, and keep oven gloves and a lid within reach.

  • Boiling water and steam. Turn pan handles inward, away from the edge of the hob. Lift lids away from you, and pour hot water away from your body: steam burns too.

Method

  1. Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA): 0.3 g Agar: 10 g CaCI 2 (anhydrous): 1.1 mg NaCI: 10 g Toluidine blue O: 83 mg Tris (hydroxymethyl) aminomethane: 6.1 g Distilled water: 1 litre Dissolve Tris (hydroxymethyl) aminomethane in 1 liter distilled water.
  2. Adjust pH to 9.0.
  3. Add the remaining ingredients except toluidine blue O and heat to boiling to dissolve.
  4. Dissolve toluidine blue O in medium.
  5. Dispense to rubber-stoppered flasks.
  6. Sterilization is not necessary if used immediately.
  7. The sterile medium is stable at room temperature for 4 months and is satisfactory after several melting cycles.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Saucepan