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G5893

Gamborg′s B-5 Basal Medium with Minimal Organics

fine powder, suitable for plant cell culture

Synonym(s):

B-5 Basal Medium, Basal Medium, Minimal Organics Medium

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NA.72
UNSPSC Code:
12352207
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Product Name

Gamborg′s B-5 Basal Medium with Minimal Organics, fine powder, suitable for plant cell culture

form

fine powder

technique(s)

cell culture | plant: suitable

application(s)

agriculture

storage temp.

2-8°C

Quality Level

Application

Gamborg′s B-5 Basal Medium with Minimal Organics has also been used:
  • as a component of liquid media for the tissue culture of Brassica rapa
  • as a component of callus inducing medium for culturing Arabidopsis cardiolipin mutant seedlings
  • as a component of solid GM medium for germination of Arabidopsis seeds

General description

Gamborg′s B-5 basal medium is an efficient nutrient mixture for plants.
Gamborg′ B-5 medium may be purchased as a complete medium (G5893) or reconstituted from Vitamin 1000x (G1019) and Basal Salt Mixture (G5768) chemstocks. Use Gamborg′s B-5 (B5) medium for in vitro culture of plant cell lines and tissues such as of Taxus globosa, Splachnum ampullaceum Hedw, Linum album, Eucalyptus camaldulensis. Gamborg′s B-5 medium has been used for the culture of Annona squamosa callus.

Preparation Note

Formulated to contain 3.2 grams of powder per liter of medium.
With the macro- and micronutrients, and vitamins as described by Gamborg, et al. (1968).

Media Formulation

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Hazard Classifications

Ox. Sol. 3

Storage Class

5.1B - Oxidizing hazardous materials

wgk

WGK 1

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable

Regulatory Information

动植物来源培养基
危险化学品
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Experiments in Plant Tissue Culture (1985)
Jakob Petereit et al.
Frontiers in plant science, 8, 72-72 (2017-02-24)
In eukaryotes the presence of the dimeric phospholipid cardiolipin (CL) is limited to the mitochondrial membranes. It resides predominantly in the inner membrane where it interacts with components of the mitochondrial electron transfer chain. CL deficiency has previously been shown
Martin E Kolewe et al.
Plant cell reports, 29(5), 485-494 (2010-03-11)
Plant cells grow as aggregates in suspension culture, but little is known about the dynamics of aggregation, and no routine methodology exists to measure aggregate size. In this study, we evaluate several different methods to characterize aggregate size in Taxus
Metabolism of polyamines in transgenic cells of carrot expressing a mouse ornithine decarboxylase cDNA
Andersen S E, et al.
Plant Physiology, 116(1), 299-307 (1998)
RNAi-mediated down-regulation of DCL1 and AGO1 induces developmental changes in resynthesized Arabidopsis allotetraploids
Lackey E, et al.
The New phytologist, 186(1), 207-215 (2010)

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