Electrocompetent cells preparation

7) Resuspend in 1 volume of ice-cold 10% glycerol. Glycerol washes are meant for competent cells that will be frozen. 8) Spin the bacteria at 4°C for 10 minutes ...
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Microbiology

Electrocompetent cells preparation

Before starting, put centrifugation bottles, Falcon tubes and ddH2O and or 10% Glycerol at 4°C. Also precool the centrifuges.

1) Inoculate a culture from an overnight culture at 1/50. 15 mL are necessary to prepare 40 µL of competent cells required for each transformation. Keep this ratio in mind when inoculating the exponential culture. 2) Grow the bacteria until OD600 ~ 0.6 3) Cool the culture in an ice/waterbath slurry for a few minutes. 4) Spin at 4°C for 10 minutes at 3500 rpm. 5) Resuspend gently by swirling in an ice/waterbath slurry in 1 volume of ice-cold water. Add first 1 mL of water and once resuspended adjust the volume to 1 volume. 6) Spin at 4°C for 10 minutes at 3500 rpm. 7) Resuspend in 1 volume of ice-cold 10% glycerol. Glycerol washes are meant for competent cells that will be frozen 8) Spin the bacteria at 4°C for 10 minutes at 3500 rpm. 9) Resuspend in 1 mL of ice-cold 10% glycerol and transfer in a pre-chilled 2 mL Eppendorf tube. 10) Spin at 4°C for 15 seconds at maximum speed. 11) Pippet off all the supernatant. 12) Resuspend the cells in ice-cold 10% glycerol. To resuspend, add ½ of the desired final volume (e.g. 200 µL of glycerol if the final volume is 400 µL)

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