Competent Cells for High Throughput Cloning

MultiShot™ StripWell competent cells are packaged in versatile stripwell tubes (50-µl aliquots), making them ideal for efficient High-throughput (HTP) as well as medium-throughput cloning applications.

Which Competent Cell Strain is Right for You?

  96-well plate format for HTP cloning Versatile stripwell tubes for medium to HTP applications Highest efficiency in versatile stripwell format
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Format 96-well plates for automated applications 12 strips of 8 tubes in a 96-well plate format 12 strips of 8 tubes in a 96-well plate format
Flexibility Use as needed 8 reaction combinations
Volume / well 15 µL 50 µL 50 µL
Kit size 5 plates 1 plate 1 plate
Transformation efficiency >1x108 cfu/µg >1x108 cfu/µg >1x109 cfu/µg
(highest)
T1 and T5 Phage resistant (ton A) yes
Time to pick colonies Overnight Overnight Same day
Time to purify plasmid DNA after inoculation Overnight Overnight As soon as 4 hrs
mcrA for efficient transformation of methylated DNA from genomic preparations yes yes
Price / transformation $6.34 $6.99 - $7.70 $8.04
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Note: Both the TOP10 and Mach1 competent cells have: the lacZ∆ M15 for blue/white color screening of recombinants, the recA mutation to minimize non-specific recombination in cloned DNA, endA1 mutation for increased plasmid yield and quality, and the hsdR mutation for efficient transformation of unmethylated DNA from PCR amplifications.