Bead Kits for the Precellys® and Minilys Homogenizers

Category Accessories
Manufacturer Bertin

Bead Kits for the Precellys® and Minilys are designed to accommodate a wide variety of sample types.  Bead kits are DNase and RNase free.

There are four sizes of kits:

  Accommodate Sample Size
Kit Tube Solid/tissue Liquid/culture
0.5 mL 1 mg - 30 mg 5 µL to 200 µL
2 mL 30 mg - 1 g 200 µL to 1.6 mL
7 mL 30 mg - 3 g 200 µL to 6mL
15 mL 100 mg - 5 g 500 µL to 10 mL

 Please note:  The standard Precellys24 only accepts 0.5 ml or 2 ml bead kits. The Minilys and Precellys24-Dual accept 0.5 ml, 2 ml, and 7 ml bead kits. The Precellys Evolution accepts all sizes of bead kits. 

There are also three types of kits for three different kinds of applications:

  • Homogenizing Kits are designed for the homogenization of animal and plant tissue
  • Grinding Kits are designed to break down samples into small particles
  • Lysis Kits are designed to lyse cells or microorganisms in culture.
    **R- designated 2 ml kits include reinforced tubes with o-rings. 
    NAME APPLICATION BEADS TYPE AVAILABLE VOLUME OF TUBE
    0.5mL 2mL 2mL R 7mL 15mL
    MK28 Hard tissue grinding 2.8mm stainless steel beads   X X    
    CK28 Hard tissue homogenizing 2.8mm ceramic beads   X X X X
    CK14 Soft tissue homogenizing 1.4mm ceramic beads X X   X  
    VK05 Tough micro-organism lysing 0.5mm glass beads X X     X
    VK01 Micro-organism lysing 0.1mm glass beads   X      
    CK01 Bacteria lysing 0.1mm ceramic beads   X   X X
    VKMix Micro-organism lysing 0.1mm & 0.5mm glass beads       X  
    SK38 Micro-organism lysing
    inside tissue    		 0.1mm glass beads
    1.4mm ceramic beads
    1 glass bead of 4.0mm    		   X      
    CKMix Tissue homogenizing 1.4mm
    2.8mm ceramic beads    		   X      
    CKMix50 Tissue grinding 2.8mm
    5.0mm ceramic beads    		     X X X
    CK68 Dry hard tissue grinding 6.8mm ceramic beads     X   X
    GK60 Sample grinding 0.7mm garnet flakes
    1 ceramic bead of 6.0mm    		     X    

     

     

    SHOW MORE SHOW LESS
    Previous Next

    select from options below to see SKU

    Green Leaf
    All shipments originating from Laboratory Supply Network are carbon neutral!

    Do you need assistance?

    We have experts standing by to assist you with your purchase. Call now at +1 603-652-1395 or contact us by clicking the button below.

    Customer reviews

    No reviews yet
    © 2025 Laboratory Supply Network