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Homogenate

Definition

noun, plural: homogenates

Material that has been homogenized or obtained through homogenization.


Supplement

For example, a liver homogenate is a liver tissue in which its cells have been mechanically disrupted, releasing the organelles and cytoplasm.


Related forms: homogenize (verb), homogenization (noun).


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Food Microbiology - Escherichia coli O157:H7 in Meat

... for most of this kind of organisms, samples should be 25g and the diluent peptone water (225ml). But that was a long time ago. I think for your homogenate, 1g might be a little too small a sample. For O157:H7 no need for blood agar, Nutrient agar is not selective so not good. SMAC is used for ...

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by canalon
Tue Jan 13, 2009 4:23 am
 
Forum: Microbiology
Topic: Food Microbiology - Escherichia coli O157:H7 in Meat
Replies: 3
Views: 831

Food Microbiology - Escherichia coli O157:H7 in Meat

... concerning food microbiology, and I need answers for the following: I am detecting Escherichia coli O157:H7: in lamb meat.I will grow the sample homogenates on Sorbitol MacConkey Agar! For preparing the sample homogenate, what is the preferable diluent to be used? Why ?Is it sterile water, MRD, ...

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by kady123
Sun Jan 11, 2009 8:47 pm
 
Forum: Microbiology
Topic: Food Microbiology - Escherichia coli O157:H7 in Meat
Replies: 3
Views: 831

Re: Question help

ahh ok, thx!... i hv a few more that i need help with: what are the advantages and disadvantages of autoradiography or immunohistochemistry over homogenate binding? ...disadvantages of homogenate binding will include non-specific binding and also there has to be a radioactive form of the ligand ...

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by biology_06er
Sat Jun 21, 2008 4:18 am
 
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Question help
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Views: 628

Maybe you can help me- smear?

... (Although some say that ratios greater than 2 implies RNA contamination in a DNA prep.) The manual recommends spinning your (I guess) extract or homogenate for 10 min at 1500xg and then use the supernatant for isolation of the viral RNA. Qiagen uses synthetic poly rA as carrier. They also claim ...

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by blcr11
Fri May 11, 2007 1:55 pm
 
Forum: Molecular Biology
Topic: Maybe you can help me- smear?
Replies: 5
Views: 737

Who named Mitochondria?

... respiration. - 1929 : Fiske and Subbarow isolate ATP. - 1933 : Keilin isolates the cytochrome c and reconstitutes the electron transfer into homogenate of myocardial tissue. - 1937-1941 : Kalckar and Belitser, independently, make the first studies of oxidative phosphorylation. - 1940-1943 ...

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by mith
Sun Feb 13, 2005 9:25 pm
 
Forum: Microbiology
Topic: Who named Mitochondria?
Replies: 14
Views: 12103


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