Antibiotic stocks

name abb stock (mg/ml) LB plate(µg/ml) Vol. in 500ml LB agar (ml) MS plate(µg/ml) Vol. in 1L MS (ml)
ampicilin ap 50 100 1
kanamycin km/kn 50 50 0.5 50 1
spectinomycin sp 100 100 0.5
chloramphenicol cm 34 in ethanol 34 0.5
rifampicin rif 34 in methanol 150 2.2
tetracycline tc/tet 12 12 0.5
hygromycin hyg 20 20 1
carbenicillin* carb 100 100 1 500 5
thiamine carb 50 50 1
gentamycin** gent effective dose 6.5 15 0.75
basta 20 20 1
zeocin Zeo 100 25 0.125
  • Stable substitute of Amp (recommended by Julin) ** the potency of gentamycin varies from stock to stock, the volume added must be calculated according to the potency of the stock