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| posted 25 Oct, 2024 18:30
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I just checked with Promega. They said

"The dark gray and black particulates in the Wizard DNA Clean Up resin is not a contaminant. This is a component of the manufacturing of the reagent. In fact,

We provided this note, under appearance, on the Certificate of Analysis for this product:"
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| posted 25 Oct, 2024 02:33
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Hi,

I purchased 2 brand new Promega Wizard DNA Cleanup Kit. After warming up, both kits' resins had this black seed/mold-like stuff at the bottom. Is this normal? I added a picture here.

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Rocky
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