Meanings
plural biovortexers
- A small vortex mixer used for biological samples.
The mycelium was treated with a sterile micropestle or biovortexer (Roth, Karlsruhe, Germany) for about 1 to 2 min.
2005 August 1, Gabriele Berg gabriele, Christin Zachow, Jana Lottmann, Monika Götz, Rodrigo Costa, Kornelia Smalla, “Impact of Plant Species and Site on Rhizosphere-Associated Fungi Antagonistic to Verticillium dahliae Kleb”, in Applied and Environmental Microbiology, volume 71, number 83 more examples
Adult mosquitoes of each group (C, UnPr, and Pr, before and after adult challenge) were homogenized with a biovortexer in 130 μl of PBS buffer. Each sample was centrifuged for 10 min at 10,000 rpm (4°C).
July 16, 2015, Miguel Moreno-García et al., “Bacterial Exposure at the Larval Stage Induced Sexual Immune Dimorphism and Priming in Adult Aedes aegypti Mosquitoes”, in PLOS One2-10 mg mature pollen of tomato or tobacco is obtained by vibrating anthers of open flowers with a biovortexer for about 5 seconds each (Figure 1 AC).
2015 March 5, Wei-Jie Huang and Wei-Hua Tang, “Measurement of Cellular Redox in Pollen with Redox-Sensitive GFP (roGFP) Using Live Cell Imaging”, in Bio-protocol, volume 5, number 5Tissues were lysed in 20 mM Tris pH 7.4, 1% sodium dodecyl sulfate, protease and phosphatase inhibitor cocktails (Calbiochem, San Diego, CA, USA) at 95° C for 15 min using a biovortexer.
2015 November, Cindy V. Leiton, Azeez Aranmolate, Christopher Eyermann, Michael J. Menezes, Luisa F. Escobar-Hoyos, Solomon Husain, Steve J. Winder, Holly Colognato, “Laminin promotes metalloproteinase-mediated dystroglycan processing to regulate oligodendrocyte progenitor cell proliferation”, in Journal of Neurochemistry, volume 135, number 3
Origin
From bio- + vortexer. BioVortexer is a trademarked name.
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