Hi Everyone,
I want to thank you in advance for your kind suggestions.
I am performing an experiment where I bacterial inoculations to assess for aggressiveness. In this process, I use a lot of 50ml falcon tubes. It was suggested that it could be possible to re-use them for conducting similar experiments for next time. I was wondering if there is any method or protocol that I can desterilize the used falcon tubes and reuse them again?
Thank you once again
Smita
Hello Smitha, If it's for a similar bacterial or any bacterial experiment, then I don't recommend it. In terms of sterilization, rinsing them with 70% ethanol and distilled water should be good enough.
Hope this helps.
Thank you for your replies Adharsh Rajasekar and Herman Umbau Lindang. I will try autoclaving one first and see if the falcon tubes can survive the heat Herman. :)
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