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<h7><font color=black><p style = "text-align:center; font-size:35px;"><b>DATA</b></p><br/>
<h7><font color=black><p style = "text-align:center; font-size:35px;"><b>DATA</b></p><br/>
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<p style = "font-size:18px;"><b><u>Assay/ Stimuli</u></b><br/>
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Each assay/stimuli needs a protocol, and materials list. We need to write out
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The following graphs show our relative spectrophotometer measurements for
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the protocol using both the stimuli inoculation template files as well as the
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each assay axis when paired with each stimuli, for a specific strain. The 2
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assay files as our guidelines since these are the most updated procedures
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controls are wild type MG1655 and BW25113. The other strains tested have  
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we're currently following. Plus, we also need to write out protocols for the
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been transformed with pEBS and induced with 0.3mM IPTG. <br/>
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Motility and Colony Morphology assays.<br/>
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<b>BW: BW25113</b><br/>
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<p style = "font-size:18px;"><b><u>Aggregation</u></b><br/>
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<b>MG: MG1655</b><br/>
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Principle: measure cell density in culture below surface, aggregated
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<b>BWC: BW25113 WITH csgD</b><br/>
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cells will have sunk to the bottom of the well.<br/>
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<b>BWF: BW25113 WITH fimB</b><br/>
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Protocol:<br/>
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<b>BWM: BW25113 WITH mlrA</b><br/>
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1. Remove 155<tt> μ</tt>L of culture volume from the wells, being careful to
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<b>BWO: BW25113 WITH ompA</b><br/>
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neither aspirate cells from the surface of the culture nor from the
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<b>BWY: BW25113 WITH csgD</b><br/>
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bottom of the well.<br/>
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2. Place into empty microtiter well (at the edge of the plate) but end the
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pipetting at the first stop so no bubble gets into the well (we assume
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that this is 150 <tt>μ</tt>L).</br>
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3. Measure OD 600</br>
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<p style = "font-size:18px;"><b><u>Cell Density</u></b><br/>
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Principle: OD 600 is used as a surrogate for number of cells.</br>
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&nbsp; &nbsp; Note: we can't dilute culture volumes so actual cell numbers for higher
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ODs have to be calibrated.</br>  
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Protocol:</br>
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1. Measure OD 600 for the entire plate in the microtiter plate reader. Use
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the crystal violet protocol (iGEM CV).</br>
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<p style = "font-size:18px;"><b><u>Crystal Violet</u></b><br/>
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Principle: Crystal violet binds to polysaccharides of the biofilm matrix.
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Since we are interested in the amount of biofilm that is produced, we
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measure binding to adhering biofilm (if any exists). A stock solution of
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crystal violet is incubated with the culture, the supernatant is removed,
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bound crystal violet is mobilized with an ethanol/acetone solution and the
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absorption is determined.</br>
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Notes: Depletion of the stock solution should not be quantitative but
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leave room to detect increased amounts of binders.</br>
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Protocol:</br>
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Stock solution: 0.3 g/L crystal violet in water; ethanol/acetone
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80:20 v:v</br>
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1. Aspirate remaining culture volumes from wells for which aggregation
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was measured</br>
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2. Wash wells by pipetting in 350<tt>μ</tt>l of dd water, and reaspirate
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immediately by touching pipette to the side of the plate.</br>
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3. Add 350 <tt>μ</tt>L of stock solution to well.</br>
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4. Incubate for 30 min. while gently shaking</br>
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5. Aspirate all of the liquid</br>
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6. Repeat dd water wash 3x being careful to empty the well completely
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on the last wash.</br>
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7. Add 350 <tt>μ</tt>L of ethanol/acetone</br>
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8. Incubate for 15 min. while gently shaking</br>
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9. Transfer the entire amount to an empty well on the microtiter plate.</br>
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10.Measure absorbance at 600 nm with "iGEM CV" protocol.</br>
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Principle: Fimbriae bind mannose. Yeast cells display mannose
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molecules on their cell surface and can be induced to visibly clump
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together with E. coli cells that express functional fimbriae under the
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specific culture conditions.</br>
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Protocol:</br>
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Stock solution: (freshly prepared on the day of measurement)
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Half a teaspoon of Fleischmann's yeast granules are ground to a
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powder in a mortar. A slurry of 500mg in 5ml PBS is prepared (10%
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w/v).</br>
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1. Add 60 μL of the yeast suspension to a well.</br>
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2. Mix briefly by aspiration.</br>
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3. Score agglutination after 5 minutes on a scale of "–" to "+++". (Refer
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to Fig. 6A of the reference for comparison).</br>
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Reference - modified from: </br>
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<a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12842468">http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12842468</a>
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Principle: Motile bacteria form diffuse colonies in low-concentration
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agar.</br>
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Protocol:</br>
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Plates: overlay 5mL of 0.3% agar on colony morphology agar
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plates (use sterile glass pipette).</br>
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1. Dip pipette tip into overnight culture.</br>
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2. Inoculate one dot on plate.3. Measure diameter of colony at 12h increments.</br>
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3. Measure diameter of colony at 12h increments.</br>
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See .pdf <a href="https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2013/2/2d/Produced_by_convert-jpg-to-pdf.net.pdf">here</a>
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Latest revision as of 03:09, 28 September 2013

DATA


The following graphs show our relative spectrophotometer measurements for each assay axis when paired with each stimuli, for a specific strain. The 2 controls are wild type MG1655 and BW25113. The other strains tested have been transformed with pEBS and induced with 0.3mM IPTG.
BW: BW25113
MG: MG1655
BWC: BW25113 WITH csgD
BWF: BW25113 WITH fimB
BWM: BW25113 WITH mlrA
BWO: BW25113 WITH ompA
BWY: BW25113 WITH csgD
See .pdf here