Invitrogen intact SARS-CoV-2 virus enrichment products
The SARS-CoV-2 crisis has been the focal point of research, science, and the world for months. As the scientific community gains a better understanding of SARS-CoV-2 virus and prepares for the future, we have the innovative Dynabeads products to assist your research.
The Invitrogen Virus Precipitation Reagent and Dynabeads Intact Virus Enrichment kit allows for multiple options to get the enriched virus sample you need. The Invitrogen Intact Virus Precipitation Reagent can enrich intact virus from large volume and dilute samples by precipitation in three simple steps. You only need a centrifuge, and the intact virus is enriched in less than 3 hours with very little hands-on time.
On the other hand, if you are looking for a fast and efficient automation solution, KingFisher instruments can be combined with Dynabeads Intact Virus Enrichment beads for processing of up to 96 virus-containing samples in only 20 minutes. If preferred, the intact virus can easily be removed from the beads in a short 10 min release step. The Dynabeads can efficiently isolate SARS-CoV-2 from cell culture media, virus transport media and wastewater samples.
To understand what solution is best for your virus enrichment tasks, review the product descriptions below and choose what fits your needs the best.
 Intact Virus Precipitation Reagent (optimized for SARS-CoV-2)Order now |
 Dynabeads Intact Virus Enrichment (optimized for SARS-CoV-2)Order now |
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| Who should use it? | Academia and research functions of Biotech and Pharma. Virus studies for infectious diseases, functional and/or immunological studies of the virus, SARS-CoV-2 vaccine research, and facilities for wastewater surveillance. | |
| Product principle | Reagent that precipitates the virus from solution by tying up water molecules, which results in less-soluble components (i.e., virus) being forced out of solution. The virus is collected after a brief, low-speed centrifugation. | 1 µm-sized magnetic beads with strong anion exchange surface; binds negatively-charged vesicles and molecules. |
| Sample type | Live or inactivated SARS-CoV-2 virus, SARS-CoV-2 virus–like particles (VLPs), other enveloped viruses and vesicles present in cell culture media, virus transport media, and wastewater samples. | |
| Research needs | Enrichment of intact virus from dilute samples | Fast and automated enrichment of intact virus |
| Automation compatibility | No | Yes |
| No. of samples/run | Limited by centrifuge size/capacity |
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| Total processing time | ~3 hr (or overnight incubation, if preferred) | ~20 min or ~30 min (if adding virus release from the beads) |
| Downstream applications |
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| Cat. No. | 10720D, 50 mL (100 rxn) | 10700D, 2 mL (100 rxn) 10701D, 10 mL (500 rxn) |
* Not optimal for mass spectrometry.
Both products are optimized for the enrichment of live or inactivated SARS-CoV-2 and SARS-CoV-2 virus–like particles (VLP’s) but these products are generic and can be used for other enveloped viruses or vesicles as well. The enriched virus is fully intact and can be used for functional assays, or downstream end point analysis of viral nucleic acid or protein.
Benefits of the Intact Virus Precipitation Reagent (optimized for SARS-CoV-2) |
Benefits of the Dynabeads Intact Virus Enrichment (optimized for SARS-CoV-2) |
This reagent is designed to precipitate the virus after a short incubation and centrifugation step.
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These strong anionic-exchange magnetic Dynabeads allow for fast binding of negatively-charged vesicles and molecules to the beads. This facilitates automation using any of our KingFisher instruments for either a few samples or up to 96 samples/run, depending on the instrument.
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Intact Virus Precipitation Reagent (in 3 simple steps)
Use 2X volume of virus sample to precipitation reagent (e.g., use 2 mL virus sample for every 1 mL reagent).
Add precipitation reagent to the virus sample, and incubate for 2 hours at 2–8 °C
Centrifuge (30 min) at 10,000 x g
Remove supernatant and keep the pellet with the enriched virus
The enriched intact virus is now ready for downstream analysis and can be used directly in a PCR reaction without any further nucleic acid extraction.
Dynabeads Intact Virus Enrichment (<96 samples in 20 minutes)
Use ~20 µL beads per 1 mL virus sample. The protocol is for 20 µL beads per 1 mL sample, but the automated script has half of the reagent volumes (10 µL beads per 200-500 µL virus sample). The protocol can be scaled up or down by scaling all volumes accordingly. The washing and release buffers are described in the user guide.
Automated
The automated protocol is based on the KingFisher instruments, software, and plastic. KingFisher Duo Prime holds 12 samples; KingFisher Flex holds 24-well plates and 96-well plates.
- Add the buffers, Dynabeads, and virus samples to the plates
- Push the Start button and come back in 20 min to collect your enriched virus!
- Optional: Release the virus from the beads in 10 min
The enriched virus is now ready for downstream analysis.
For downstream qRT-PCR we recommend using:
- MagMAX™ Viral/Pathogen Nucleic Acid Isolation Kit when the virus is enriched from cell culture media or virus transport media
- MagMAX™ Microbiome Ultra Nucleic Acid Isolation Kit when the virus is enriched from wastewater samples
Manual
A mixer/roller and a DynaMag magnet is required for the washing steps. Mix the beads thoroughly before you start.
- Wash the beads once
- Add beads to sample for 10 min at RT
- Wash the bead-bound virus once with a magnet to remove unbound target
Optional: Release the virus from the beads in ~10 min
The enriched virus is now ready for downstream analysis.
Automate your virus enrichment on the Thermo Scientific KingFisher family of instruments. KingFisher instruments have the ability to eliminate any cross contamination, have reproducible results and cut your hands on time down to get your sample in 20 min. Set up plates, press start and walk away.
Virus Enrichment protocols (optimized for SARS-CoV-2) for KingFisher Duo and Flex instruments
Simple Dynabeads™ Intact Virus Precipitation Reagent Protocol Video
Simple Dynabeads™ Intact Virus Enrichment protocol video
Intact Virus Precipitation Reagent (optimized for SARS-CoV-2)Order now |
Dynabeads Intact Virus Enrichment (optimized for SARS-CoV-2)Order now |
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| Who should use it? | Academia and research functions of Biotech and Pharma. Virus studies for infectious diseases, functional and/or immunological studies of the virus, SARS-CoV-2 vaccine research, and facilities for wastewater surveillance. | |
| Product principle | Reagent that precipitates the virus from solution by tying up water molecules, which results in less-soluble components (i.e., virus) being forced out of solution. The virus is collected after a brief, low-speed centrifugation. | 1 µm-sized magnetic beads with strong anion exchange surface; binds negatively-charged vesicles and molecules. |
| Sample type | Live or inactivated SARS-CoV-2 virus, SARS-CoV-2 virus–like particles (VLPs), other enveloped viruses and vesicles present in cell culture media, virus transport media, and wastewater samples. | |
| Research needs | Enrichment of intact virus from dilute samples | Fast and automated enrichment of intact virus |
| Automation compatibility | No | Yes |
| No. of samples/run | Limited by centrifuge size/capacity |
|
| Total processing time | ~3 hr (or overnight incubation, if preferred) | ~20 min or ~30 min (if adding virus release from the beads) |
| Downstream applications |
|
|
| Cat. No. | 10720D, 50 mL (100 rxn) | 10700D, 2 mL (100 rxn) 10701D, 10 mL (500 rxn) |
* Not optimal for mass spectrometry.
Both products are optimized for the enrichment of live or inactivated SARS-CoV-2 and SARS-CoV-2 virus–like particles (VLP’s) but these products are generic and can be used for other enveloped viruses or vesicles as well. The enriched virus is fully intact and can be used for functional assays, or downstream end point analysis of viral nucleic acid or protein.
Benefits of the Intact Virus Precipitation Reagent (optimized for SARS-CoV-2) |
Benefits of the Dynabeads Intact Virus Enrichment (optimized for SARS-CoV-2) |
This reagent is designed to precipitate the virus after a short incubation and centrifugation step.
|
These strong anionic-exchange magnetic Dynabeads allow for fast binding of negatively-charged vesicles and molecules to the beads. This facilitates automation using any of our KingFisher instruments for either a few samples or up to 96 samples/run, depending on the instrument.
|
Intact Virus Precipitation Reagent (in 3 simple steps)
Use 2X volume of virus sample to precipitation reagent (e.g., use 2 mL virus sample for every 1 mL reagent).
- Add precipitation reagent to the virus sample, and incubate for 2 hours at 2–8 °C
- Centrifuge (30 min) at 10,000 x g
- Remove supernatant and keep the pellet with the enriched virus
The enriched intact virus is now ready for downstream analysis and can be used directly in a PCR reaction without any further nucleic acid extraction.
Dynabeads Intact Virus Enrichment (<96 samples in 20 minutes)
Use ~20 µL beads per 1 mL virus sample. The protocol is for 20 µL beads per 1 mL sample, but the automated script has half of the reagent volumes (10 µL beads per 200-500 µL virus sample). The protocol can be scaled up or down by scaling all volumes accordingly. The washing and release buffers are described in the user guide.
Automated
The automated protocol is based on the KingFisher instruments, software, and plastic. KingFisher Duo Prime holds 12 samples; KingFisher Flex holds 24-well plates and 96-well plates.
- Add the buffers, Dynabeads, and virus samples to the plates
- Push the Start button and come back in 20 min to collect your enriched virus!
- Optional: Release the virus from the beads in 10 min
The enriched virus is now ready for downstream analysis.
For downstream qRT-PCR we recommend using:
- MagMAX™ Viral/Pathogen Nucleic Acid Isolation Kit when the virus is enriched from cell culture media or virus transport media
- MagMAX™ Microbiome Ultra Nucleic Acid Isolation Kit when the virus is enriched from wastewater samples
Manual
A mixer/roller and a DynaMag magnet is required for the washing steps. Mix the beads thoroughly before you start.
- Wash the beads once
- Add beads to sample for 10 min at RT
- Wash the bead-bound virus once with a magnet to remove unbound target
- Optional: Release the virus from the beads in ~10 min
The enriched virus is now ready for downstream analysis.
Automate your virus enrichment on the Thermo Scientific KingFisher family of instruments. KingFisher instruments have the ability to eliminate any cross contamination, have reproducible results and cut your hands on time down to get your sample in 20 min. Set up plates, press start and walk away.
Virus Enrichment protocols (optimized for SARS-CoV-2) for KingFisher Duo and Flex instruments
Simple Dynabeads™ Intact Virus Precipitation Reagent Protocol Video
Simple Dynabeads™ Intact Virus Enrichment protocol video
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