Roll & Grow^® Plating Beads

Safely and easily spread yeast and bacterial cells	Reference Library   profile
Spread cells in just seconds per plate Eliminate hazards of flame and ethanol No need for fragile glass “hockey sticks” Consistent, even colony distribution Sterile and easy to use

Roll & Grow^® Plating Beads are used to spread 25-400 µl of bacterial or yeast cells across the surface of an agar plate, providing a safer, faster alternative to the traditional method of plating with a glass rod sterilized with ethanol and flame. Sterile Roll & Grow^® Plating Beads are provided in two skirted 50 ml conical tubes. Between six and seven 4 mm glass beads are used per plate for a total of approximately 160 standard 100 mm plates.