1.0 mm Acid Washed Zirconium Beads, 250 gm 

Useful for bead-beating finer soil, soft tissues, and thin leaves, 1.0 mm Acid Washed Zirconium Beads (Zirconium Silicate) are a good choice for applications requiring more forceful grinding with media denser than silica and less expensive than stainless steel.  Zirconium is also characteristically inert. 

Downstream applications involve efficient purification and quantification of bacterial DNA, lipid extraction of mouse livers and colons for LC-HRMS (Liquid Chromatography-High Resolution Mass Spectrometry), and facilitation of the extraction and reverse transcription of RNA from plant parasitic nematode tissues. Moreover, its usefulness in advanced pre-rRNA analysis surpasses the capabilities of traditional qPCR and sequencing techniques for the precise interrogation and quantification of the growth status of targeted bacterial species within a diverse gut microbiome.