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Water

PCR Reagent, suitable for PCR

Synonym(s):

H2O

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Linear Formula:
H2O
CAS Number:
7732-18-5
Molecular Weight:
18.02
Beilstein:
2050024
EC Number:
231-791-2
MDL number:
MFCD00011332
UNSPSC Code:
12191602
PubChem Substance ID:
24900779
NACRES:
NA.25

product name

Water, PCR Reagent

grade

PCR Reagent

vapor density

<1 (vs air)

vapor pressure

3 mmHg

sterility

sterile-filtered

form

liquid

packaging

vial of 1.5 mL

technique(s)

PCR: suitable

refractive index

n20/D 1.34 (lit.)

pH

5-7

bp

100 °C (lit.)

mp

0 °C (lit.)

density

1.000 g/mL at 3.98 °C (lit.)

foreign activity

DNase, none detected
RNase, none detected

SMILES string

O

InChI

1S/H2O/h1H2

InChI key

XLYOFNOQVPJJNP-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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General description

PCR grade water is sterile-filtered. It is free from exonucleases (DNAse, RNAse) and endonuclease (NICKase) and is also free from nucleic acid contamination.

Application

Water has been used:

  • as a component of the reaction mixture and as a diluting agent in microfluidic RT-qPCR
  • as a component of the reaction mixture for the amplification of products from fungal (Trametes versicolor) DNA
  • as a diluting agent and as a component of the reaction mixture for the amplification of cDNA
  • Water has been used to make up the final volume of the sample in polymerase chain reaction (PCR)

Suitability

Suitable for polymerase chain reaction (PCR)

Other Notes

Easily compare specifications for Water products with the Water specification table.

Storage Class Code

12 - Non Combustible Liquids

WGK

nwg

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable

Personal Protective Equipment

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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J Loeffler et al.
Journal of clinical microbiology, 37(4), 1200-1202 (1999-03-13)
Successful in vitro amplification of fungal DNA in clinical specimens has been reported recently. In a collaboration among five European centers, the frequency and risk of contamination due to airborne spore inoculation or carryover contamination in fungal PCR were analyzed.
Francine Marciano-Cabral et al.
Applied and environmental microbiology, 69(10), 5864-5869 (2003-10-09)
The free-living amoeboflagellate Naegleria fowleri is the causative agent of primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM), a rapidly fatal disease of the central nervous system. In the United States, the disease is generally acquired while swimming and diving in freshwater lakes and
If you?ve seen one worm, have you seen them all? Spatial, community, and genetic variability of tubificid communities in Montana
Lodh N, et al.
Freshwater science, 34(3), 909-917 (2015)
Multiplex PCR for rapid detection of genes encoding acquired metallo-beta-lactamases.
Matthew J Ellington et al.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy, 59(2), 321-322 (2006-12-23)
Incidence and survival of non-O157 verocytotoxigenic Escherichia coli in soil
Bolton DJ, et al.
Journal of Applied Microbiology, 111(2), 484-490 (2011)
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