50 μl of competent cells were transformed with 100 pg of puc19 control dna following the provided high efficiency transformation protocol except heat shock time varied from 0 to 80 seconds.
Competent cells storage temperature.
Storage at 20 c will result in a significant decrease in transformation efficiency.
Re suspend cells at a concentration of 2 4x10 6 cells per ml in freeze medium.
Always store competent cells at 70 c.
Do not refreeze thawed unused aliquots.
Coli cells in convenient one shot formats.
Centrifuge the remaining culture at 150 x g for 5 minutes.
Add 450µl of room temperature soc medium to each transformation reaction and.
Each single use vial of cells is ready to use with no extra pipetting steps or freeze thaw cycles which reduce transformation efficiency.
Slow thawing caused by power outages and unstable freezers will result in decreased efficiency.
Storage of competent cells at temperatures warmer than 70 degrees c even for a brief period will significantly decrease transformation efficiency.
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Soc medium can be stored at either 4 c or room temperature depending on how fast it will be used.
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Cells may still be viable but will not transform well.
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Competent cells supplied in 200µl aliquots are provided with 3ng of competent cells control dna for use as a positive.
How should i store soc outgrowth medium.
An f factor is required for such libraries.
Competent cells should be stored at 80 c.
Thaw on ice when ready for use.
50 sterile glycerol can be prepared in broth and then equally added to bacterial culture.
Usually 20 25 is good for most bacterial.
Cells lose efficiency whenever they are warmed above 80 c even if they do not thaw.
The competent cell sampler kit contains a pair of four different strains of chemically competent e.
Does the storage temperature and thawing method a ffect competent cells transformation efficiency.
The soc i received with my competent cells recommends storage at either room temperature or 4 c however when i purchase it as a stand alone product it recommends storing it at 4 c.
Remove a small aliquot of cells 100 200μl and perform a cell count.
Hit competent cells should be stored at 70 c 80 c condition.
A test reaction with a control plasmid such as puc19 can be performed to determine transformation efficiency of cells stored in this way.
Can any neb competent cells help with the generation of custom phage libraries.