Ideal for Bacteria Homogenization
Do you spend lots of time and effort homogenizing bacteria samples? The Bullet Blender® tissue homogenizer delivers high quality and superior yields. No other homogenizer comes close to delivering the Bullet Blender’s winning combination of top-quality performance and budget-friendly affordability. See below for a bacteria homogenization protocol.
Save Time, Effort and Get Superior Results with
The Bullet Blender Homogenizer
Consistent and High Yield Results
Run up to 24 samples at the same time under microprocessor-controlled conditions, ensuring experimental reproducibility and high yield. Process samples from 10mg or less up to 3.5g.No Cross Contamination
No part of the Bullet Blender ever touches the tissue – the sample tubes are kept closed during homogenization. There are no probes to clean between samples.Samples Stay Cool
The Bullet Blenders’ innovative and elegant design provides convective cooling of the samples, so they do not heat up more than several degrees. In fact, our Gold+ models hold the sample temperature to about 4ºC.Easy and Convenient to Use
Just place beads and buffer along with your tissue sample in standard tubes, load tubes directly in the Bullet Blender, select time and speed, and press start.Risk Free Purchase
Thousands of peer-reviewed journal articles attest to the consistency and quality of the Bullet Blender homogenizer. We offer a 2 year warranty, extendable to 4 years, because our Bullet Blenders are reliable and last for many years.Bacteria Homogenization Protocol
Sample size |
See the Protocol |
| microcentrifuge tube model (up to 300 mg) | Small bacteria samples |
| 5mL tube model (100mg - 1g) | Medium bacteria samples |
| 50mL tube model (100mg - 3.5g) | Large bacteria samples |
What Else Can You Homogenize? Tough or Soft, No Problem!Â
The Bullet Blender can process a wide range of samples including organ tissue, cell culture, plant tissue, and small organisms. You can homogenize samples as tough as mouse femur or for gentle applications such as tissue dissociation or organelle isolation.
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Select Publications using the Bullet Blender to Homogenize Bacteria
Radhakrishnan, S. T., Gallagher, K. I., Mullish, B. H., Serrano-Contreras, J. I., Alexander, J. L., Miguens Blanco, J., Danckert, N. P., Valdivia-Garcia, M., Hopkins, B. J., Ghai, A., Ayub, A., Li, J. V., Marchesi, J. R., & Williams, H. R. T. (2023). Rectal swabs as a viable alternative to faecal sampling for the analysis of gut microbiota functionality and composition. Scientific Reports, 13(1), 493. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-27131-9
Sheldon, J. R., Himmel, L. E., Kunkle, D. E., Monteith, A. J., Maloney, K. N., & Skaar, E. P. (2022). Lipocalin-2 is an essential component of the innate immune response to Acinetobacter baumannii infection. PLOS Pathogens, 18(9), e1010809. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1010809
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Goosen, W. J., Kleynhans, L., Kerr, T. J., Van Helden, P. D., Buss, P., Warren, R. M., & Miller, M. A. (2022). Improved detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and M. bovis in African wildlife samples using cationic peptide decontamination and mycobacterial culture supplementation. Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation, 34(1), 61–67. https://doi.org/10.1177/10406387211044192
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Mandal, A., Mandal, R. K., Yang, Y., Khatri, B., Kong, B.-W., & Kwon, Y. M. (2021). In vitro characterization of chicken gut bacterial isolates for probiotic potentials. Poultry Science, 100(2), 1083–1092. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psj.2020.11.025
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Otwell, A. E., Callister, S. J., Zink, E. M., Smith, R. D., & Richardson, R. E. (2016). Comparative Proteomic Analysis of Desulfotomaculum reducens MI-1: Insights into the Metabolic Versatility of a Gram-Positive Sulfate- and Metal-Reducing Bacterium. Frontiers in Microbiology, 7. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2016.00191
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