The Tissue Grinding Tool (TGT) is a convenient tool for disrupting small portions of plant and animal tissues, bacterial, yeast or cell cultures pellets in quantities corresponding to one extraction experiment.

Each set consists of 1.5 ml plastic reaction tubes containing grinding beads, and pestles with specially adapted shape.

Samples are homogenized either in a small amount of lysis buffer or without any additives. In most cases, best homogenization results are obtained by grinding the material in small volumes of lysis solution (50-150 µl). The TGT can also be used to disperse centrifugal pellets, precipitates, and other soft solids.

The TGT set is available in two variants, both differing with respect to grinding beads:

• E0359a – Zirconia/Silica beads (50% more dense than glass), regular, diameter 0.5 mm. Recommended for spores and most tissues.
• E0359b – Garnet sharp particles, diameter 0.3 mm. Recommended for plant and tough tissue, environmental samples, bacterial and yeast pellets.

When ordering, please specify the version a or b next to the product catalog number.