MBD0011

Inactivated Enterococcus faecalis

Suitable for DNA extraction, PCR, sequencing, next generation sequencing, >10^8 bacteria/ml

• UNSPSC Code: 41105500

Properties

• Quality Level: 200
• form: liquid
• concentration: >10^8 bacteria/ml
• technique(s): DNA extraction: suitable; DNA sequencing: suitable; PCR: suitable
• shipped in: dry ice
• storage temp.: −20°C

Description

General description

Standardization of sample analysis is currently needed in microbiome genomics research workflow. Lack of standardization can lead to biases and errors in common processes during sample preparation and analysis such as sample amplification, sequencing and bioinformatics analyses. Inactivated Enterococcus faecalis can serve as standard for benchmarking the performance along the workflow of microbiomics or meta-genomics analyses and as a tool to increase reproducibility and allow comparison of results obtained by different labs.

Enterococcus faecalis is a gram positive, facultative anaerobic, non-motile, coci-shaped bacterium. It is a commensal bacterium of the human intestine and a major opportunistic pathogen in immunocompromised and elderly patients. The pathogenesis of E. faecalis infection relies in part on its capacity to colonize the gut. Following disruption of intestinal homeostasis, E. faecalis can overgrow, cross the intestinal barrier, and enter the lymph and bloodstream.

Isolates of E. faecalis that have ended up in strain collections, mainly from clinical infection sources, appear to have acquired resistance to tetracycline and chloramphenicol in the 1950s and 1960s, followed by gentamicin and erythromycin resistance in the 1970s, then ampicillin and vancomycin resistance in the 1980s and 1990s.

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Application

Inactivated bacteria are provided at >10^8 bacteria/ml concentration in TE buffer pH 8.0. It is recommended to avoid freeze thaw cycles of this product.
Suitable for Quantitative standard for PCR, Sequencing and NGS

Features and Benefits

• Individual microbial standard for microbiomics and meta-genomics workflow
• Suitable standard for PCR, sequencing and NGS
• Improve Bioinformatics analyses
• Increases reproducibility
• Compare results lab to lab

Physical form

Liquid -The inactivated bacteria is provided at >10^8 bacteria/ml in TE buffer pH 8.0

Safety Information

• Storage Class Code: 10 - Combustible liquids
• WGK: WGK 2
• Flash Point(F): Not applicable
• Flash Point(C): Not applicable