Team:British Columbia/Protocols/ConsortiaFluor
From 2012.igem.org
Consortia Fluorescence Monitoring
1. Grow overnight 5mL cultures of auxotrophs(MetA-, TrpA-, and TyrA-)with their respective fluorescent proteins in LB media and ampicillin (100mg/mL) .
2. Spin down cells using a centrifuge (1600g, 10min). Pour out LB supernatant.
3. Wash and resuspend in 5mL M9 media. Spin down cells using a centrifuge (1600g, 10min)
4. Perform step 3 three times.
5. Resuspend in 5mL M9 Media.
6. Measure the respective O.D 600 with a spectrometer.
7. Inoculate appropriate co-culture of auxotrophs (each with an O.D.600 of 0.05) in a 96 well plate containing 200uL M9 with ampicillin (100mg/mL).
8. Incubate in Tecan Plate Scanner, taking measurements of O.D.600 and fluorescence outputs for time intervals of every 15 minutes for 24 hours.
Note:
EYFP - Excitation: 514nm Emission: 527nm ECFP - Excitation: 439nm Emission: 476nm ERFP - Excitation: 584nm Emission: 607nm