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Why antibiotics are used in preparation media for karyotyping using giemsa banding?
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Stop contaminatio: Because tissue culture is a relatively long and sensitive process, antibiotics are used in the media to prevent bacterial overgrowth from contaminating bacteria that could multiply, divide, and overwhelm the sensitive tissue culture.
Answered 6/21/2012
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