Ames Test Kit for Waste-, Drinking- or Surface Water: Ames MPF 98/100 Aqua

Art. No.: J05-210-S2-P

5 Sample Kit when tested in 2 tester strains TA98 and TA100, +/- S9, 3 Replicates, 6 Doses, Positive & Negative Controls: Strains, Media, Ampicillin, Booster, PB-NF induced rat liver S9, Controls and Excel calculation sheet. S9 Cofactor solutions and plastic ware are not included in the kit.

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Ames MPF 98/100 is a miniaturized, ready to use Ames Test kit in a liquid microplate format according to ISO 11350. It includes all reagents necessary to run 5 samples with strains TA98 and TA100: 5 vials each of semisolid TA98, TA100, plus Booster, Growth -, Exposure -, Reversion Indicator Media, Ampicillin, Positive Controls, lyophilized Post-Mitochondrial Supernatant S9 from Phenobarbital/Naphtoflavone induced rat liver. Not included in the kit are plastic ware and S9 Cofactor solutions. The kits are quality controlled and do not Need a separate quality control (phenotypes) like the agar plate Assay in petri dishes when used as an inhouse test.

Published data about several tested compounds with this liquid microplate Ames Test are available under Database or Publications on this homepage.

Characteristics

Quality controlled products: strains, rat liver S9, positive controls, ampicillin and media
Certificate of Analysis: Provided with the kit
In accordance with ISO 11350
Excel Calculation Sheet to support Data Interpretation: Free of charge
Comparison with agar plate test: Corresponds to 2 x 240 petri dishes.
Enough Material to process strains individually
Shipped at room temperature from external storage in Germany or from stock in Switzerland
High sensitivity (LoD)
Excellent correlation with agar plate test (see database and publications on this homepage)
Less hands-on-time and simultaneous processing of several replicates
Automation available - High throughput format
3Rs - 12 fold less consumption of rat liver liver S9, less test animals
Less error prone due to easy colorimetric read-out
Waste - Significant less plastic waste and thus reduced contaminated waste in environment
Technology transfer available
Analytical services available under GLP and non GLP info@xenometrix.ch

Available separately:

S9 Cofactor Kit (Art.No. PCO-0800)

Analytical services for concentrated water samples with the Ames MPF assay system is available under GLP and non GLP conditions, please contact info@xenometrix.ch.

Also available

*strongly recommended over Aroclor induced S9, Aroclor being a strong environmental polutant and on the EC list of banned chemicals.