TrADItionalantibioticssuchasPenicillin/Streptomycinarestillwidelyusedincellcultureduetotheirlowcost.
Forshortperiods,theyareabletomaintainadequateactivity.Howeverbeyond24hoursatthetemperaturesandpHfoundincellculture,theiractivitydecreasesrapidly,increasingthechanceofselectingresistentbacterialstrains.
Wherelongerperiodsofactivityarerequired,gentamycin(CnT-GAB10)isrecommended.
CnT-ABM10isprovidedinconvenient,readytousealiquots.
Theuseofantibioticsisonlyrecommendedduringisolationandpassage1.Theymaydisruptcellbahaviourandarenotrecommendedforuseinsubsequentpassages,orinparticularduringchallengingprocessessuchasdifferentiation.