Team:Groningen/protocols/Motility assay

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Motility assay

Add 13 ml of the motility agar (0.4%) in every petri dish.
Inoculate the plates with the strain of interest, 10 µl with an OD600 of 0.4.
The plates are inoculated at different temperatures (25°C and 37°C) for 16 hours.
After 16 hours of growth, the diameter of the colony is measured.

Motility Agar 0.4% (100 ml)

compound amount
LB broth 2 g
agar 0.4 g