Will transformed E.Coli bacteria be able to undergo mitosis (grow and divide), and glow a green color under a blacklight if it’s placed on a nutrient media plate containing the sugar arabinose and ampicillin?
The first step in conducting the experiment was setting up the benchtop following sterile technique. A solution of 30% ethanol and 70% water was used to sterilize the field, and all dishes were put into an autoclave. The next step was putting the bacterial culture onto different nutrient plates using materials from Bio-Rad Laboratories’ pGLO Bacterial Transformation kit. First, 250흻l of the transformation solution was put into two microtest tubes, one labeled +pGLO (the tube administered the plasmid) and the other labeled -pGLO (the tube
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Coli. The most prominent growth was seen on the plate with Luria-Bertoni (LB) broth and ampicillin (amp) treated with +pGLO, as there were four separate and defined bacterial colonies with surrounding satellite colonies, each of which contained upwards of 20 cells visible to the human eye. Similarly, the plate with LB, amp, and arabinose (ara) treated with +pGLO showed three defined colonies, but no satellite growths. However, when the UV light was used to examine the bacterial colonies of that plate, they gave off a green fluorescence absent from other plates. Comparatively, the LB plate treated with +pGLO showed approximately equal growth to both the LB/amp/ara, and LB/amp plates. However, when examining the -pGLO plates, it was clear that there was conclusively no growth nor was there any fluorescence when the UV light was shown on the cells on either of the plates containing ampicillin or arabinose. However, the LB plate did show immense growth, such that the cells formed a bacterial lawn, yet the cells were not fluorescent under UV …show more content…
Coli can in fact undergo mitosis on plates containing ampicillin, and show fluorescent qualities on a plate containing arabinose. These results logically follows from the fact that the plasmid inserted possesses qualities that allow for ampicillin to be broken down, and therefore not harm the E. Coli, meaning growth on plates containing ampicillin is proof of genetic transformation. Similarly, transformation of the E. Coli is also evident on the plate containing arabinose, as there was not only growth, but clear fluorescence under the blacklight, as the plasmid also codes for that expression. It is clear that those results are a result of the plasmid, as the plates treated with the +pGLO solution can be compared to those with the -pGLO solution, in which there was no growth on any plate except for the LB broth plate. Growth on the LB plate indicates that the E. Coli is healthy, and capable of mitosis in certain conditions, but lack of growth on the other plates points to it still being wild type. Therefore, it is clear that the +pGLO E. Coli have adopted new genes that allow for new functions that wild type E. Coli are incapable of, in addition to showing that the genes were transcripted and translated in S phase of mitosis, as daughter cells possess similar qualities, as shown by their ability to subsequently grow and divide. This In further examining the plates treated with the +pGLO solution,
Once the recombinant plasmid was obtained, it was then inserted into E. coli cells through transformation. From a successful transformation, we expected the bacterial cells to translate the inserted EGFP sequence into its protein form. The bacteria cultures were plated on petri dishes containing growth supplement, Luria Broth (LB), an antibiotic: Kanamycin, and IPTG which induced the fluorescence property within successfully transformed bacterial colonies. Different variants of the petri dishes were also included as control and unknown.
After 48 hours of incubation the agar plates were viewed. Individual colonies were tested for successful isolation by gram staining and then viewing the stained bacteria under a microscope. Isolation was successful. One colony of each unknown bacteria was transferred to an agar slant for growth. The agar slants were stored at room temperature over the weekend so that they would not grow too much.
...et light. If the LAA plate glows green under exposure to ultraviolet light, then we can conclude that our unknown insert piece of DNA would be the kan gene. If it does not glow green under exposure to ultraviolet light, then then we streak the colony from our LAA plate onto the LAC plate using a sterile glass spreader. When the LAC plate is dray, we place it upside down in the microfuge rack so that it can be incubated at 37 ºC. Incubation at 37 ºC will allow the transformed bacterial cells to grow. If we see bacterial growth on the LA plate containing chloramphenicol, we can conclude that our unknown insert piece of DNA would be the cat gene, since the cat gene is resistant to chloramphenicol. Afterwards, we then grab the microfuge tube labeled NP and repeat the aforementioned steps shown above pertaining to the LA plates. This would be considered our control.
Therefore colonies containing the non-recombinant pUC19 plasmid have a functional lacz’ gene appear blue on the agar and colonies containing recombinant pUC19 would have a non-functional lacz’ gene due to insertional inactivation and appear white on the growing medium.
The “Fast Plant” experiment is an observation of a plants growth over the span of twenty-eight days. The objective is to observe how plants grow and use their resources throughout the span of their life. In our lab we observed the Brassica rapa, a herbaceous plant in the mustard family which has a short cycle which makes it a perfect plant to observe in this experiment. Like other plants the Brassica rapa must use the resources in the environment to create energy to complete itʻs life cycle and reproduce. By observing the plant it is easy to see in what organ or function the plant is using itʻs energy and resources and if overtime the resources switch to other part of the plants. By conducting this experiment we are able to observe where and how plants allocate their resources throughout their life by harvesting plants at different points in their life.
Genetic transformation is a process that modifies bacteria, by introducing new genetic material. In our lab we introduced the pre-engineered pGLO into the E. Coli HB101 K-12 bacteria. This pGLO plasmid consists of the gene for the green fluorescent protein (GFP), the ampicillin resistance gene that inactivates the ampicillin in the LB media and the araC gene that indirectly controls the arabinose digestion enzymes [Fig 1].
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The tubes were immediately put in an ice until E. coli was added. Then, we added a single colony of bacteria to both tubes and added the plasmid to the tube labeled +pGLO and returned the tubes to the ice bath for ten minutes. Next, four agar plates were prepared: one that had ampicillin (amp) and arabinose (ara), two with just ampicillin, and one with no alterations. After ten minutes, the bacteria were moved to a hot water bath for 50 seconds and then put immediately back on ice for two minutes. After two minutes, 250 microliters of nutrient broth were added to both tubes and the bacteria incubated at room temperature for ten minutes.
Transformation is the process of uptaking naked DNA by a competent cell. The ability of a cell to go through transformation can be natural or induced. The purpose of this experiment was to verify induced transformation in naturally incompetent E. coli HB101. The pGLO plasmid was the means of transformation in this experiment. The pGLO plasmid contains three core genes: the bla gene encoding for ampicillin resistance, the gfp gene encoding for the green fluorescent protein, and the araC gene which activates the gfp gene in the presence of arabinose. The CaCl2 – heat shock method was used to transform E. coli HB101. After plating the bacteria, the petri dishes containing LB as a nutrient were incubated for 24 hours in a 37°C incubator.
When a change is created through the insertion of a gene into an organism to change the organism’s trait and/or expression it is known as Gene Transformation. Bacteria will be transformed with a gene which codes for (GFP) Green Fluorescing Protein in this experiment. Bacteria containing the gene GFP will be combined with them to cause them to glow bright-green when exposed to ultraviolet light (Nobel, A. 2000) Plasmid DNA contained genes for one or more traits that may be beneficial to survival. In this lab, pGLO is resistant to ampicillin which is antibiotic. GFP, the gene, can be “switched” on in genetically transformed cells, by adding arabinose, a type of sugar, to the cells’ nutrient medium (Weedman, 2014) Cells that are successfully transformed will colonize, by growing on plates with LB/amp, and appear white on plates without arabinose when exposed to Ultraviolet Light.
Next, I tirelessly set up a drip-irrigation system that evenly waters the entire bed out of the tubing, piping, and fittings I picked up with my dad from Home Depot.
E. coli is a gram-negative rod bacteria and a facultative anaerobe. This means that it can live with and without the presence of oxygen (1). Their preferred temperature in which they grow is 37 degrees. This is the equivalent to our body temperature, making our bodies very hospitable for E. coli growth (2). E. coli will not grow spores. (3) However, they do possess acidic polysaccharide capsules. (4) E. coli are motile organisms and they move by means of their flagella (1).
As different strains exhibit various growth morphotyes, the combination of different culture media (at least two of them) should be used to achieve optimal recovery rates. This is further increased if transport time is minimized, and if specimens are kept at 4 °C at all times during transit.
The abnormal presence of bacterial growth can be inspected under a microscope. If the organism inspected is not the bacteria used in the experiment, it means that the growth of the bacterial culture investigated is absent. By using this method, contamination by foreign substances in the surrounding air can be ruled out and the results would be more accurate.
are clinical strains which are courtesy from Hospital Sultanah Nur Zahirah was observed under microscope with 100X magnification. Under 100X magnification motility, shape and size of Bacillus sp. can be observe clearly. Unfortunately our group cannot observe the motility of Bacillus sp. during wet mount technique. This is due to wet mount technique easily to dry very quickly under microscope light in other words it is suitable for short-term observation only because organism will die quickly. However, by using hanging drop technique Bacillus sp. motility can be observe because it allows for longer-time observation and suitable to observe motility of bacterial. Bacillus sp. bacteria use their flagella for a swimming motility and the shape of Bacillus sp. is rod shape. The length of Bacillus sp. observed for wet mount technique is 0.56 μm while for hanging drop technique is 0.06