Phosphate-buffered saline (PBS) is a balanced salt formulation used for a variety of cell culture applications, such as washing cells before dissociation, transporting cells or tissue, diluting cells for counting, and preparing reagents. PBS is formulated without calcium and magnesium for rinsing chelators from the culture before cell dissociation. Each 5 g Gibco™ PBS Tablet should be dissolved in 500 mL of distilled water. The pH will be 7.45 and requires no adjustment.

We offer a variety of Gibco™ PBS formulations for a range of cell culture applications.

The complete formulation is available.