Anaerobic chamber (in a nitrogen/CO2 atmosphere)

Manufacturer: Shel Lab (Sheldon MFG Inc.)
Model: BACTRON II

Features

• Capacity to incubate 200 petri dishes on eight individual plates
• Inside ambient air temperature between +5 °C and 70 °C, ± 0.25 °C
• Continuous AMG gas purge (Anaerobic mixture gas, 5% H2, 20% CO₂, 75 % N₂)
• Palladium catalyst for capturing residual oxygen
• Wearing gloves is not required for handling inside the chamber
• Lock with vacuum and nitrogen purge cycles to enter and take out material

Samples

• Petri dishes containing facultative and obligate anaerobic strains
• Liquid cultures not requiring stirring
• Hypoxia tissue cultures
• Oxygen-sensitive material

Examples of applications

• Anaerobic microbiological tests
• Anaerobic strain isolation
• Screening tests of microorganisms (wild-type or recombinant); screening tests