Solutions for Bacteria

Tetracycline (7.5 mg/ml stock)

Tetracycline 375 mg

100% EtOH 25 ml

fill up to 50 ml with ddH2O

Ampicillin (100 mg/ml stock)

Ampicillin 5 g

fill up to 50 ml with ddH2O

LB media

Bacto tryptone 10 g

Yeast extract 5 g

NaCl 5 g

ddH2O up to 1 L

autoclave;

add antibiotic when cooled enough to touch comfortably (~50 degrees)

15 mg/L ampicillin: add 150 ml of 100 mg/ml stock

7.5 mg/L tetracycline: add 1 ml of 7.5 mg/ml stock

for Amp only LB media (50 mg/L ampicillin): add 500 ml of 100 mg/ml stock

Amp/Tet plates; Amp plates

Bacto tryptone 10 g

Yeast extract 5 g

NaCl 5 g

Difco Agar 15 g

ddH2O up to 1 L

autoclave;

add antibiotic when cooled enough to touch comfortably (~50 degrees)

15 mg/L ampicillin: add 150 ml of 100 mg/ml stock

7.5 mg/L tetracycline: add 1 ml of 7.5 mg/ml stock

for Amp only plates (50 mg/L ampicillin): add 500 ml of 100 mg/ml stock

·  pour into Petri dishes; once solidified, wrap plates with foil and store at 4 degrees.

·  dry plates in 42 degree incubator before using

SOC medium

0.5% yeast extract 5 g

2% bacto tryptone 20 g

10 mM NaCl 0.58 g

2.5 mM KCl 25 ml 100 mM KCl

(0.37 g KCl in 50 ml H2O)

10 mM MgCl2 2 g

10mM MgSO4 2.46 g

20 mM Glucose 3.6 g

fill up to 1 L with ddH2O; autoclave

Solution #1

[final]

0.5 M EDTA, pH 8.0 20 ml 10 mM

1 M Tris, pH 7.5 25 ml 25 mM

glucose 9 g 50 mM

bring up volume to 1 L with ddH2O

autoclave

Solution #2

[final]

ddH2O 88 ml

10% SDS 10 ml 1%

10 M NaOH 2 ml 200 mM

Solution #3

[final]

Potassium Acetate 250 g 2.5 M

Glacial Acetic Acid 150 ml

pH should be ~4.7

bring up volume to 1 L with ddH2O

TE/RNase

[final]

1 M Tris (pH 7.5) 500 ml 10 mM

0.5 M EDTA (pH 8) 100 ml 1 mM

bring up volume to 50 ml ddH2O

* to destroy contaminating RNA, add 0.5 ml of 20 mg/ml RNase A to 50 ml of TE (final 200 mg/ml)

Updated 3/11/10 by RK