□Delivery forms and options

• DNAFORM offers fosmid libraries by complete sets (41 plates) as frozen glycerol stocks of bacterial strains arrayed in 384 well plates or as individual bacterial strains (clones).
• Individual bacterial clones are delivered as an agar slant in screw-capped tubes at ambient temperature.

□Turnaround time and handling of the agar slant

• Bacterial agar slants will be shipped 2-3 weeks after ordering.
• Although, the bacteria are stable on the agar slant at 4℃ (DO NOT FREEZE) for a week as slightly longer, please cultivate the clone on LB plate with the appropriate antibiotic and collect several colonies as soon as possible.
• It is strongly recommended to store multiple single colonies as freeze stock at -80℃ after cultivating the bacteria in LB medium with antibiotic and 8% glycerol. Clones can be inoculated and cultured repeatedly from the frozen glycerol stock.

〇Storage of Plate Sets

• Clones are stored in LB liquid medium containing 20% glycerol. Plates are shipped with dry ice and should be stored at -80℃ immediately upon receipt. Frozen clones can be cultured for plasmid preparation and PCR amplification.
  The appropriate antibiotics for each clone series are listed in the following list.
  →Antibiotic list (PDF)

For more information, please contact order@dnaform.jp by email.