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This protocol will purify plasmids from bacteria, though identification of plasmids will need to be confirmed by PCR.</p>
 
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<p>This protocol is adapted from the Feng <i>et al.</i> (2009) publication in Molecular Biology Reports.</p>  
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<h4> Reagents </h4>
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<li>10g tryptone</li>
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<p>Reagents and Materials</p>
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<h4> Procedure </h4>
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<li>Inoculate a loopful of Pseudomonas sp. at 25oC, in 10mL LB broth (10g tryptone; 5g yeast extract, 5g NaCl, 1000mL distilled H2O, pH 7.0), and incubate for 16-18hr.</li>
 
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<li>Centrifuge 1.5 ml of a 16-18hr bacterial culture for 1 min at 11,500 x g in a polypropylene centrifuge tube.</li>
 
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<li>Remove supernatant by aspirating, leaving the pellet as dry as possible.</li>
 
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<li>Add to each tube, 400µL of 8% sucrose, 5.0% Triton X-100, 50 mM EDTA, and 10mM Tris HCI (pH 8.0). Mix well.</li>
 
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<li>Add 50µL of freshly prepared lysozyme solution (10mg/mL in 10mM Tris HCl, pH8), mix by inverting 3X.  Lysozyme digests bacterial cell wall.</li>
 
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<li>Immediately incubate at 100oC for 10, 20, 40, 80s.</li>
 
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<li>Add to supernatant, 50µL of cold 3M NaAc and 420µL of cold isopropanol.</li>
 
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<li>Decant supernatant, invert and drain on clean paper towel.</li>
 
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<li>Add 15µL of cold/4oC TE buffer (0.05M Tris, 0.01M EDTA, pH8).</li>
 
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<li>Incubate for 1hr at 4oC in dark.  </li>
 
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<li>Run a small amount of this sample on gel electrophoresis on 0.7% (w/v0) agarose.  With the rest, submit to further purification.</li>
 
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<li>Algal f2 media</li>
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<li>Glass beads (0.45-0.52mm diameter)</li>
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<li>ddH<sub>2</sub>O</li>
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<li><i>D. salina</i> culutre (log phase)</li>
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<li>vector DNA</li>
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<li>Layer the resuspended DNA on a 2.5mL bed of saturated CsCl in a polymer tube. Centrifuge for 14hr at 14 000 rpm in a fixed-angle 30 rotor at 2°C. After the run, ~25mL of liquid can be discarded from the top without disturbing the remainder.  Mix the lower part to form the concentrated lysate.</li>
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<li>A solution containing 20% (w/v) PEG was prepared and then added to cells of <i>D. salina</i> before transformation. </li>
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<li>Glass beads, 0.45– 0.52 mm in diameter, were washed with concentrated sulfuric acid, then rinsed thoroughly with distilled water, and dried by baking at 180°C for 2–3 h. </li>
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<li><i>D. salina</i> cells were cultured to logarithmic phase and then harvested by centrifugation at 5,000 rpm for 2 min. </li>
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<li>Cells were washed three times with the liquid medium as mentioned above, and resuspended with this medium at a concentration of 105 cells/ml. </li>
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<li>Slowly dissolve ~5.7g CsCl to the concentrated lysate, until the refractive index is 1.399. Mix solution with Syber-safe or gel-red.  Centrifuge for 40hr in a Spinco fixed-angle rotor 50 at 105 000 x g at 12°C.  After this run, 2 well-separated bands should be able to be seen.  Alternatively, do only this spin where DNA mixed with CsCl is concentrated to a refractive index of 1.399 with the fluorescent DNA stain.</li>
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<li>A mixture with 300 mg glass beads, 40 µg vector DNA (0.4 µg/µl) and 100 µl PEG was added to 0.8 ml of <i>D. salina</i> cell culture, mixed briefly by gently inverting tube and then agitated at 2,000 rpm on a vortex for 6 sec in 1.5 ml centrifuge tubes.</li>
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<li>Because the DNA was infused with dye, 2 well-separated bands will appear.  The upper band is linear and non-circular DNA (junk).  The lower band is the plasmid of interest.  Remove the upper layer with a micropipette.  After it is removed, pool bands from several tubes centrifuge again SW50.1 rotor for 20h at 40 000rpm.  Again there will be 2 bands and the lower band is the desired intact plasmid.</li>
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Glass Bead Algal Transformation

This protocol is adapted from the Feng et al. (2009) publication in Molecular Biology Reports.

Reagents and Materials

  • Algal f2 media
  • Glass beads (0.45-0.52mm diameter)
  • Conc. sulfuric acid
  • ddH2O
  • 20% (w/v) PEG solution
  • D. salina culutre (log phase)
  • vector DNA

    • Protocol

    1. A solution containing 20% (w/v) PEG was prepared and then added to cells of D. salina before transformation.
    2. Glass beads, 0.45– 0.52 mm in diameter, were washed with concentrated sulfuric acid, then rinsed thoroughly with distilled water, and dried by baking at 180°C for 2–3 h.
    3. D. salina cells were cultured to logarithmic phase and then harvested by centrifugation at 5,000 rpm for 2 min.
    4. Cells were washed three times with the liquid medium as mentioned above, and resuspended with this medium at a concentration of 105 cells/ml.
    5. A mixture with 300 mg glass beads, 40 µg vector DNA (0.4 µg/µl) and 100 µl PEG was added to 0.8 ml of D. salina cell culture, mixed briefly by gently inverting tube and then agitated at 2,000 rpm on a vortex for 6 sec in 1.5 ml centrifuge tubes.
    6. The glass beads were allowed to settle, and cells were transferred to sterilized test tubes and cultured in liquid medium under dim light condition for 24 h.

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