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Free from Bacterial and Animal DNA contamination

Pharmozyme’s Crystal Taq™ DNA polymerase renders the market's highest accuracy and significantly decreases false positive readings in your sequencing applications.

  • Crystal Clean

    Pyrosequencing and Sanger sequencing    Crystal Taq™ creates cleaner amplicons resulting in a higher resolution sequencing result

  • Efficient

    Gene Amplification (PCR) and Sequencing    Increases the efficiency of random genome amplification for sequencing & minimizes non-specific amplification of target regions

  • Accurate

    Future diagnostics                                   Dramatically reduces false positive rates. The lack of background bacterial and animal DNA increases the accuracy of diagnostics tests

  • Free Express Shipping

    On orders over $200 in the US and Canada

  • Free Samples

    Try Crystal Taq™ or Samurai Taq™ for Free, for up to 50 units on qualified requests

  • Satisfaction Guarantee

    Upon any contamination or malfunction of Crystal Taq™  the replacement is free, conditions apply

"We can confirm that based on our testing using TEM-PCR Urinary Track and Infectious Disease panels, no false-positive results for E. coli were detected with Pharmozyme [Crystal] Taq™ DNA Polymerase." -Elena Grigorenko, PhD. VP of Research and Development at Diatherix-Eurofins

"Crystal Taq™ works well in our system, and when using an assay which amplifies all bacterial DNA reduces background by about 75% (suggesting that most background comes from the Taq, but there is still a proportion from other sources)" -Lee Smith, Head of Research, Pharmozyme's Undisclosed Int'l Diagnostics Customer

FAQ

How is Crystal Taq™ free from animal and bacterial DNA contamination?

Unlike other DNA Taq Polymerases, Crystal Taq™ is manufactured in a proprietary system that does not feature bacterial hosts and includes novel purification methods that achieve unprecedented results.

How much Crystal Taq™ DNA Polymerase is used in a PCR amplification?

Most PCR amplifications use 2.5 – 5 units of Crystal Taq DNA polymerase per 50μL reaction. A 25μL reaction would use about 1.25 – 2.5 units. However, the optimal unit concentration per reaction should be empirically determined, and often the “less is better” rule applies.

How is Crystal Taq™'s contamination-free claim tested?

The result of 16S assay on our Crystal Taq™ DNA polymerase showed no bacterial DNA contamination after 100 PCR cycles.

Mission

Pharmozyme’s mission is to significantly improve the lives of human beings through the development of novel, effective, and accessible solutions for the biotech community. By providing the highest quality enzymes and customer service, we strive to help genetic research and diagnostic labs thrive.