To make sure that genetically modified organisms like #bacteria 🦠are not released to the environment, we need to make sure we decontaminate well. ☠️
We use several methods for this: one is autoclaving to sterilize by heat (up tp 120 °C), the second one is bleaching and the third one (we are oresenting here) is #Virkon S. Virkon S is based on an oxidizer that decontaminates bacteria and viruses but it also destroys heat stable #antibiotics such as #kanamycin.
Autoclaving alone does not decontaminate antibiotics which is an issue because we don't want to release antibiotics into fresh water sources. Virkon S destroys kanamycin it is very useful to decontaminate #antibiotic containing cultures. 😊
Have a nice Thursday 🙃
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