Gibco™ PBS Tablets

Catalog No.	Quantity
18-912-014	100 Tablets

Catalog No. 18-912-014 Supplier Gibco™ Supplier No. 18912014

Description

Phosphate-buffered saline (PBS) is a balanced salt formulation used for a variety of cell culture applications, such as washing cells before dissociation, transporting cells or tissue, diluting cells for counting, and preparing reagents.

Phosphate-buffered saline (PBS) is a balanced salt formulation used for a variety of cell culture applications, such as washing cells before dissociation, transporting cells or tissue, diluting cells for counting, and preparing reagents. PBS is formulated without calcium and magnesium for rinsing chelators from the culture before cell dissociation. Each 5 g Gibco™ PBS Tablet should be dissolved in 500 mL of distilled water. The pH will be 7.45 and requires no adjustment.

We offer a variety of Gibco™ PBS formulations for a range of cell culture applications.

These PBS Tablets are manufactured as follows:
Without: Calcium, Magnesium, Phenol Red

The complete formulation is available.

Specifications

• Chemical Name or Material: Phosphate Buffered Saline (PBS)
• Concentration: 1 X
• pH: 7.45
• Physical Form: Solid
• Product Line: Gibco
• Quantity: 100 Tablets
• Includes: No Magnesium
• Manufacturing Quality: cGMP-compliant under the ISO 13485 standard

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Are your PBS products tested for endotoxin levels?

Our PBS, pH 7.2 and PBS, pH 7.4 products are tested for endotoxin and the endotoxin levels are shown on the Certificate of Analysis (CoA) for the particular lot number of the product.

Are your PBS products sterile and suitable for cell culture?

We offer PBS - Phosphate-Buffered Saline (10X) pH 7.4, RNase-free (Cat. Nos. AM9624 and AM9625), which is molecular biology grade and is certified to be RNase-free. However, it is not sterile and hence is not cell culture-grade.

All our other PBS products (Cat. Nos. 70011xxx, 10010xxx, 70013xxx, 20012xxx) are filter-sterilized using a 0.1 µm filter and are cell culture grade (ready to use directly on cells). However, they are not tested for nuclease activity.

Are your PBS products DNase- and RNase-free?

We offer PBS - Phosphate-Buffered Saline (10X) pH 7.4, RNase-free (Cat. Nos. AM9624 and AM9625) that is molecular biology grade and is certified to be RNase-free. Our other PBS products are made with distilled water and are filter-sterilized, but are not tested for RNase and DNase activity.

For Research Use Only. Not for use in diagnostic procedures.