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Why does the technician PCR add doxycycline to the media?

Why does the technician PCR add doxycycline to the media?

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Doxycycline is an antibiotic which belongs to the class of tetracyclines. It is added in nutrient media plate as a selective agent.

Transformed bacteria which have taken the plasmid contain a gene which imparts resistance to doxycycline in the bacteria. So the addition of doxycycline helps in the selection of transformed bacteria against non transformed bacteria which has not taken up the plasmid.

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