U.S. Food & Drug Administration
Center for Food Safety & Applied Nutrition

Bacteriological Analytical Manual Online
January 2001

R84
Tris-Buffered Saline (TABS), 1% or 3% Gelatin, or Tween 20

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Tris 2.42 g
NaCl 29.24 g
Distilled water 1 liter

Dissolve ingredients in distilled water by heating and stirring. Adjust pH to 7.5 with HC1. Autoclave 15 min at 121°C.



For 1% and 3% Gelatin-TABS, add 10 g and 30 g gelatin, respectively, to ingredients before autoclaving. Adjust final pH to 7.5 with HCl.


For Tween-TABS, add 0.5 ml Tween 20 to ingredient and adjust pH to 7.5 before autoclaving.





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