Does anyone know if Kanamycin is affected by low temperature storing?

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Mudit Mishra

We keep kanamycin at -20 C only in our lab.

Martín Fraga

OK thanks, actually we keep stocks solutions at -20ºC too. What I was asking, and perhaps was not clear was about the powder... what I found at -20 was the solid to prepare...

David F Ackerley

We have had the exact same scenario in my lab - I can attest that it will not affect the kanamycin adversely at all.

Justin Conrad Leavitt

We have always kept ours in the freezer, doesn't seem to harm it at all.

Tamer Akkan

I agree with Justin Leavitt

Thank you all!

Marianne Levon Shahsuvaryan

We always keep the kanamycin stocks at -20oC. No problem