Team:University College London/Protocols/ColPic

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Picking Colonies

Step 1 – Creating culture media: In a sterile environment, set up X numbers of falcons, each with 5mls of media. Step 2 – Adding Antibiotic: Add Yul of antibiotic to reach desired antibiotic concentration. (For Ampicillin this is 50ug/ml, For Kanamycin it is 25ug/ml, for Tetracycline it is 15ug/ml, and for Chloramphenicol it is 25ug/ml) Step 4 – Selecting a Colony: Select a clear, isolated colony and using an inoculation hoop scoop up a colony onto the tip. Deposit in the falcon tube Step 5 - Culture your falcon tubes overnight at a temperature of 37 oC. Leave for no longer than 16 hours.