Super Optimal Broth (SOB medium) is a nutrient-rich bacterial growth medium used for microbiological culture, generally of Escherichia coli. It was developed by Douglas Hanahan in 1983 and is an adjusted version of the commonly used LB media (lysogeny broth). Growth of E. coli in SOB or SOC medium results in higher transformation efficiencies of plasmids.
Super Optimal broth with Catabolite repression (SOC) is SOB with added glucose.
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