Do you share the observation that cells selected with zeocin are usually awful?

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Joas Silva

I ve been using zeocin for selecting mycobacteria, I ve seen no differences between zeo and kan

Alejandro Martin

Can you define "awful"?

Miguel C. Santoscoy

Zeocin is an anibiotic just as kanamycin, could you explain why exactly do you expect to see differences for your cells?, what resistance did you include?