SOC Medium

Description

• General description: Super optimal medium with catabolic repressor (SOC) medium is a glucose-rich microbial growth medium used primarily in the recovery step of Escherichia coli competent cell transformations. The culture of E.coli cells in this nutrient-rich microbial broth increases the transformation efficiency of recombinant plasmids containing toxic protein genes by inhibiting the unintended activation of the lac promoter carried on the cloning vector.[1] SOC medium contains peptides, amino acids, water-soluble vitamins, and glucose in a low-salt formulation.
• Application: SOC Medium has been used for the transformation of DH5α competent E-coli cells. [2] It has also been used to culture white colonies post-cloning for the identification of the recombinant protein of interest. [3]
• Features and Benefits: SOC liquid provides:Filter-sterilized, ready-to-use formatConvenient package sizesStandard formulation