Gentamicin sulfate is a water-soluble antibiotic drug originally purified from the fungus Micromonospora purpurea. Gentamicin acts by binding to the 30S subunit of the bacterial ribosome leading to inhibition protein synthesis and death in susceptible bacteria. Gibco? Gentamicin is effective against a wide variety of gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria, and is used for the prevention of bacterial contamination on cell cultures. The recommended working concentration ranges from 0.5 to 50 μg ? ml. Life Technologies offers a variety of antibiotics and antimycotics for cell culture applications.

Product Use
For Research Use Only: Not intended for animal or human diagnostic or therapeutic use.

Dual-Site cGMP Manufacturing
Gibco? Gentamicin is manufactured at a cGMP compliant facility, located in Grand Island, New York. The facility is registered with the FDA as a medical device manufacturer and is certified to ISO 13485 and ISO 9001 standards. For supply chain continuity, Life Technologies offers a comparable Gibco? Gentamicin product made in our Scotland facility (15710-049). This facility is registered with the FDA as a medical device manufacturer and is certified to the ISO 13485 standard.