4 abbreviations used, 5 glossary, 4 abbreviations used 1.5 glossary – Eppendorf MixMate User Manual
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1.4 Abbreviations used
ANSI
American National Standards Institute
DNA
Deoxyribonucleic acid
DWP
Deepwell plate
MTP
Microplate
PCR
Polymerase Chain Reaction
RNA
Ribonucleic acid
rpm
revolutions per minute
SBS
Society for Biomolecular Screening
1.5 Glossary
Deepwell plate
Plate with 48, 96 or 384 wells with a larger volume than
microplates. Suitable for the preparation, mixing,
centrifuging, transporting and storing of solid and liquid
samples.
Incubate
Includes: cultivation of cell and bacterial cultures under
controlled ambient conditions.
Micro test plate
Plates with 24, 48, 96 or 384 wells for the preparation,
mixing, centrifuging, transporting and storing of solid
and liquid samples.
Mixing load
All samples to be mixed and the tubes or plates in which
the samples are located.
Pellet
Compressed material. Is, for example, created via the
centrifugation of a suspension.
Resuspending
Dissolve the pellet by vortexing in a liquid. The material
is distributed in the liquid. The result is a suspension.
Semi-skirted PCR
plate
PCR plate with surrounding half-edge.
Skirted PCR plate PCR plate with a surrounding edge.
Unskirted PCR plate PCR plate without a surrounding edge.
Vortexing
Strong whirling or blending by manually pressing a tube
onto the vortex mat.
Well
Cavity. Microplate, PCR plate or Deepwell plate tube.
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