Antibiotics / Selective agents

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Cefotaxime is used to eliminate Agrobacterium species after plant transformation. 

Vancomycin is used to remove Agrobacterium species after plant transformation and to prevent bacterial contamination of plant cultures.

Carbenicillin is used to eliminate Agrobacteriumspecies after plant transformation. 

Bialaphos is used to eliminate weeds and to select plants containing bar gene.

Glyphosate is used as a herbicide and a selection agent in plant cells containing mutant EPSP synthetase gene.

A broad-spectrum β-lactam antibiotic used to control bacterial contamination in plant tissue culture. 

A polyene antifungal antibiotic commonly used to control fungal contamination in plant tissue culture. 

A broad-spectrum β-lactam antibiotic commonly used to control bacterial contamination in plant tissue culture. 

A triazine herbicide commonly used to control broadleaf and grassy weeds; occasionally applied in plant tissue culture for selective inhibition of unwanted plant growth.