about chloramphenicol and L.lactis - (Apr/20/2009 )

hi,
can anyone tell me why do u add chloremphenicol antibiotic to the L.lactis cutlture....

roshanbernard on Apr 21 2009, 03:26 AM said:

To kill it?

To check whether it has a resistance?

Depends on what research you are doing or reading about.

If I am not mistaken, L. lactis is commenly used as a bacterial carrier for DNA delivery , ex. a resistance against chloramphenicol.