100 micron silica, 1.7 mm Zirconium, and a 4 mm silica bead in a disruption tube
Mixed Matrix Silica and Zirconium Pre-Filled Tubes offer chemically-inert, acid washed, mixed grinding media to disrupt a range of organisms and particles present within a sample. Mixed Matrix disruption tubes can be effective lysing environmental samples (e.g., soil) and microbe-infected tissues, for example. Comparable to Lysing Matrix E.
Pre-Filled Tubes are a convenient solution for labs seeking time savings by no longer requiring researchers to weigh, fill and QC individual tubes. They are available in 2 mL skirted (i.e., self-standing) or unskirted (i.e., conical bottom) polypropylene tubes to ensure compatibility with most tube homogenizers. Clear screw caps with O-rings included.
Citations
Chewning, S. S.; Grant, D. L.; O’Banion, B. S.; Gates, A. D.; Kennedy, B. J.; Campagna, S. R.; Lebeis, S. L. Root-Associated Streptomyces Isolates Harboring MelC Genes Demonstrate Enhanced Plant Colonization. Phytobiomes Journal 2019, 3 (3), 165–176. https://doi.org/10.1094/PBIOMES-01-19-0005-R.
Datta, M. S.; Almada, A. A.; Baumgartner, M. F.; Mincer, T. J.; Tarrant, A. M.; Polz, M. F. Inter-Individual Variability in Copepod Microbiomes Reveals Bacterial Networks Linked to Host Physiology. The ISME Journal 2018, 12 (9), 2103. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41396-018-0182-1.
