Team:University College London/LabBook/Week16

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Wednesday (26.09.12)

Aim – We would like to determine if our curli producing BBa_K729018 is capable of producing shear resistant biofilms.

1) Cells are grown overnight in 10ml of LB media at 37˚C, 200rpm.

a) BBa_K729006
b) W3110 Control

2) Shake flasks are inoculated with 5 ml of cells into LB media (100ml)

a) Shake flasks contain pre-sterilised polycarbonate discs

3) Shake flasks are run at 37˚C, 200rpm, for 7 hours.

4) Shake flasks are run at 30˚C, 50rpm, for 14 hours.

5) PC discs are removed from flasks, dried, and stained with crystal violet.