Antibiotic | Abbreviation | Concentration1 | Concentration1 | Stock Solution2 |
| (Rich Media) | (Minimal Media) | ml/liter | |
Na Ampicillin3 | Amp, Ap | 50 μg/ml | 15 μg/ml4 | 20 mg/mL 50% EtOH |
Chloramphenicol | Cam, Cm | 20 μg/ml | 5 μg/ml | 20 mg/mL EtOH |
Doxycycline | Dox, Dx | 2 μg/ml | -- | 1 mg/mL (500x) |
Gentamycin SO4 | Gent, Gen, Gn | 10 μg/ml | -- | 2 mg/mL |
Kanamycin SO45 | Kan, Kn | 50 μg/ml | 12.5 μg/ml | 50 mg/mL (100x) |
Rifampin | Rif, Rf | 100 μg/ml | -- | 20 mg/mL MeOH |
Tetracycline HCl6 | Tet, Tc | 20 μg/ml | 10 μg/ml | 4 mg/mL |
Timentin | -- | 80 μg/ml | -- | 24 mg/mL |
Trimethoprim | Tm | 200 μg/ml | -- | 15 mg/mL 1% acetic acid (75x) |
Spectinomycin | Spec, Spc, Sp | 100 μg/ml | 50 μg/ml | 20 mg/mL |
Streptomycin SO47 | Strep, Str, Sm, St | 200 μg/ml | 1000 μg/ml | 40 mg/mL |
Zeocin | Zeo, Zn, Zc | 50 μg/ml | -- | 100 mg/mL |
1. The solid form of the antibiotics can be added directly to sterilized media that has been cooled to approximately 55°C. If kept at 4°C tetracycline, chloramphenicol, and streptomycin plates are usually good for several months, but kanamycin plates and ampicillin plates may only last for several weeks. A sensitive and resistant control should always be included each time antibiotic plates are used.
2. For liquid media or for a few plates, a stock solution of the antibiotics can be prepared and stored at -20°C. All the antibiotic stock solutions can be prepared in sterile dH2O except as indicated. The stock solutions are generally 200x the concentration in rich medium, with exceptions indecated.
3. High level expression of β-lactamase can destroy ampicillin in the medium surrounding the AmpR colonies, allowing AmpS satellite colonies to grow. Satellite colonies can be decreased by using 2x ampicillin when selecting for plasmids. Alternatively, Timentin prevents growth of satellite colonies.
4. Anaerobically, grow cells on minimal medium containing 1 μg/mL (15 is too high).
5. To select for a KanR gene on a multicopy plasmid use LB + 10 mM Tris HCl pH 7.4 + 250 μg/ml Kanamycin SO4 or Neomycin SO4. High levels of KanR are not expressed if the pH of the medium is less than 7.2.
6. Certain strains are only resistant to half this concentration of tetracycline.
7. For streptomycin plates add 1% Nutrient Broth to the minimal media (i.e., 1 ml NB/100 ml medium).
Souce: NovoPro 2020-10-07