Team:BYU Provo/Notebook/SmallPhage/Summerexp/8.14 Mutagen Concentration Test - Seventh Protocol
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1) Overnight (The day before) (8.13) | 1) Overnight (The day before) (8.13) | ||
- | * Add 5mL of LB into a test tube and add 1 colony of E. Coli | + | * Add 5mL of LB into a test tube and add 1 colony of E. Coli B into the tube using a wooden stick. |
- | 2) Applying the mutagen ( | + | 2) Applying the mutagen (8.14) |
- | * Label 3 test tubes 0, 200, 500. Add 9.8mL of LB and 40ul of adenine solution into each test tube. Then add 200ul of | + | * Label 3 test tubes 0, 200, 500. Add 9.8mL of LB and 40ul of adenine solution into each test tube. Then add 200ul of E coli B overnight into each test tube. Incubate on the shaker at 37 Celsius. |
* Remove all the test tubes off the shaker after 2 hours. Add 40ul of adenine and 80ul of uracil to each test tube. Also add the corresponding amount in ul of 5-bromodeoxyuridine, a mutagen, to each test tube. (Ex: Add 200ul of mutagen to tube labeled 200) | * Remove all the test tubes off the shaker after 2 hours. Add 40ul of adenine and 80ul of uracil to each test tube. Also add the corresponding amount in ul of 5-bromodeoxyuridine, a mutagen, to each test tube. (Ex: Add 200ul of mutagen to tube labeled 200) | ||
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* Store the supernatants at 4 Celsius. | * Store the supernatants at 4 Celsius. | ||
- | 3) Spot test to determine phage concentration | + | 3) Spot test to determine phage concentration (8.14) |
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+ | * Dilution series -2 through -7 were performed all three samples (0, 200, and 500). These dilutions samples were then used in spot tests to estimate phage titer. | ||
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+ | * Specifically, three plates were prepared for spot tests using E. coli B by adding 0.5mL overnight into a tube, mixing it with 5mL of x1 top agar, and then plating the content. 5ul of each dilution sample was spotted onto corresponding plate. | ||
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+ | 4) CsCl gradient (8.15) | ||
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+ | * Phage Purification Team was able to finalize their procedures for performing CsCl gradient on T7 phage. For specifics please refer to [[Team:BYU_Provo/Notebook/Phage_Purification/Winterexp/Period1/Exp/8.16CsClGradient|8.16 CsCl Gradient]] | ||
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+ | * The finished gradient was aliquoted into 27 eppendorf tubes, each containing 0.5-1mL solution. We will need to determine phage characteristics in each aliquot before proceeding with dialysis and TEM. | ||
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+ | 5) Characterizing post-CsCl phage (8.16-8.18) | ||
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+ | * Spot test was performed to determine which aliquots contain viable phage. Specifically, after plating 0.5mL of E coli B overnight and 5mL of x1 agar onto each plate, 10uL of each aliquot was spotted onto the plates. Plaques formation would indicate a phage concentration of at least 10E2 pfu/mL. | ||
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+ | * All 27 aliquots formed plaques. Thus, further spot tests are needed to estimate the concentration of phage in each aliquot. 1:100 dilution series were performed for each aliquot to generate a -2 and -4 dilution sample for each. All dilution samples were spotted (5uL) onto plates overlaid with 0.5mL of E coli B overnight and 5mL of x1 agar. | ||
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+ | * Results from concentration spot test was superimposed on the deduced gradient. Reconstructed CsCl gradient is drawn below. 13 aliquots were selected for plating. Each aliquot was plated using the lowest dilution (-2 or -4) that showed plaque during previous concentration spot test. Specifically, 0.5mL of E coli B was infected with 50uL of phage sample for approximately 15 minutes before they were plated along with 6mL of x6 top agar. | ||
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+ | * Variation exist on every plate. Generally, aliquots with smaller number showed the smaller plaques correlating with bigger phage that migrated to the bottom of the gradient. In contrast, aliquots with bigger number showed bigger plaques correlation with smaller phage that didn't move too far down the gradient. 12 small plaques and 12 big plaques are the respective end of the spectrum were selected (see picture below for more graphic description). Each plaque was picked with a pipet tip and dipped into 50uL of LB. | ||
+ | * The picked plaques were plated. Specifically, 0.5mL of E coli B was infected with 20uL of collected plaque sample (in LB) for approximately 15 minutes before they were plated along with 6 mL of x6 top agar. This step was repeated after no bacteria or phage plaques showed up the first time. | ||
'''V) Results''' | '''V) Results''' | ||
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* The OD reading was 0.435A, which indicates there are 2.175E8 bacteria/ml. Because there are 10ml in each tube, there is roughly 2.175E9 bacteria per tube. | * The OD reading was 0.435A, which indicates there are 2.175E8 bacteria/ml. Because there are 10ml in each tube, there is roughly 2.175E9 bacteria per tube. | ||
+ | 3) Spot test to determine phage concentration | ||
+ | * 0 went down to -5; 200 went down to -5; 500 went down to -6. | ||
+ | [[File:BYUSPM7-0.JPG|350px|center|link=]] | ||
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+ | 5) Characterizing post-CsCl phage | ||
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+ | * Specific descriptions of results are recorded with the procedures. | ||
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+ | * Spot test to determine phage viability (left) and estimate their titer in each aliquot (right). | ||
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+ | [[File:BYUSPM7-1.JPG|350px|link=]] [[File:BYUSPM7-2.JPG|350px|link=]] | ||
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+ | * Deduced gradient with respective estimated titer. | ||
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+ | [[File:BYUSPM7-3.JPG|350px|center|link=]] | ||
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+ | * Plating of selected aliquots | ||
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+ | : ''Selected plaques are circled and numbered. Small plaques/big phage (S1-S12) are located on the left picture, while the big plaques/small phage (B1-B12) are located on the right picture.'' | ||
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+ | [[File:BYUSPM7-4.JPG|350px|link=]] | ||
+ | [[File:BYUSPM7-5.JPG|350px|link=]] | ||
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+ | * Plating of selected plaques | ||
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+ | : This step was repeated twice. On both tries, no plaque or bacteria showed up for the samples. However, wild type plating showed normal/expected results. Most likely, picking plaques with pipet tips and dipping it into LB created stock too concentrated that all of the bacteria was lysed during incubation. | ||
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+ | [[File:BYUSPM7-6.JPG|350px|center|link=]] | ||
'''VI) Conclusion''' | '''VI) Conclusion''' | ||
+ | * The CsCl gradient in this round of mutagenesis is not optimal for two reasons: | ||
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+ | : 1) Contamination between layers was obvious during the collection process. | ||
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+ | : 2) No definitive way of relating aliquot to each gradient due to randomly collecting certain volume of phage CsCl suspension. | ||
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+ | * Despite these setbacks we still saw a certain variance in phage plaque sizes. Although the characterization process, in which we meant to verify whether or not the phenotype is stable, did not work so well, we are optimistic about the direction we are going. We have already started a new round of mutagenesis: [[Team:BYU Provo/Notebook/SmallPhage/Summerexp/8.26 Mutagen Concentration Test|8.26 Mutagen Concentration Test - Eighth Protocol]]. This time, we will perfect every step that we had trouble with this time. | ||
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8.14 Mutagen Concentration Test - Seventh Protocol
I) Purpose To mutate T7 phage for different capsid sizes. II) Expected Outcome
III) Reagents Used
IV) Procedure 1) Overnight (The day before) (8.13)
2) Applying the mutagen (8.14)
3) Spot test to determine phage concentration (8.14)
4) CsCl gradient (8.15)
5) Characterizing post-CsCl phage (8.16-8.18)
V) Results 2) Applying the mutagen
3) Spot test to determine phage concentration
5) Characterizing post-CsCl phage
VI) Conclusion
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