Lb/Ara + Pglo Case Study

The color of the bacteria was a whitish color and the colony size is similar both before and after the transformation. The best way to do it is to compare the control of the experimental plates. Cells that were typically not treated with the plasmid could not grow on ampicillin, although cells that were treated with the plasmid can grow on the LB/AMP plate. The plasmid would have to confer resistance to ampicillin. Moving on, the GFP gene is what is glowing in the plate because it was activated by the sugar arabinose. The sugar arabinose and the plasmid DNA are also needed to be present because that is what initially turns on the GFP gene which makes the bacteria glow. Organisms can also turn on and off particular genes for camouflage reasons. An organism would benefit from turning on and off certain

As predicted the E. coli colony transformed with either the PUC18 or the lux plasmid developed an ampicillin resistance. Which made it easier for them to not only survive but also replicate in both the LB agar plates and the LB ampicillin rich agar plate. However the E. coli colony not treated with the plasmids could not survive and colonize in the LB ampicillin rich agar plates. The plate that had no ampicillin in its environment and no plasmid treated E. coli served as a positive control for this experiment because it demonstrated how the E. coli would colonize and grow in a normal setting. The cells in the positive control plate grew into lawn colonies because they were not placed into a selective environment or transformed, so they had no need to acquire ampicillin resistance. Two plates in the experiment contained E. coli cells that were transformed with either the PUC18 or the lux plasmid but were placed in an ampicillin free environment. These two colonies grew

70µL of competent E.coli are added to both test tubes; pUC18 and Lux (Alberte et al., 2012). Both test tubes are then tapped and placed back into the ice bath for 15 minutes. While waiting, another test tube is obtained, filled with 35µL of competent cells and labeled NP for no plasmid. A water bath is preheated to 37 degrees Celsius and all three labeled test tubes are inserted into the bath for five minutes (Alberte et al., 2012). Using a sterile pipet 300µL of nutrient broth are inserted into both the control and Lux test tubes and 150µL are inserted to the no plasmid test tube to increase bacterial growth. All three test tubes are then incubated at 37 degrees for 45 minutes. Six agar plates are obtained and labeled to correspond each test tube, three of the plates contain ampicillin. A pipet is used to remove 130µl from each test tube containing a plasmid and insert it into the corresponding agar plate. For this, a cell spreader is first

The hypothesis above tested the insertion of the pGlo gene to see if the bacteria, E.Coli, will reproduce and grow in the presence of ampicillin and to see if it will cause a green fluorescent glow. (PGLO™ Bacterial Transformation Kit,2017). Based upon the results from this experiment the hypothesis did support the hypothesis and that the presence of the pGlo gene inserted into the E.Coli did cause for growth and fora fluorescent glow to occur. In the experiment, the petri dishes that contained no pGlo (-pGlo) did not show any reproduction nor did a green glow appeared in both dishes. Unlike the two petri dishes, that contained the pGlo gene and ampicillin, the data data showed both reproduction and a glow in the petri dishes.

The plasmid pGLO contains an antibiotic-resistance gene, ampR, and the GFP gene is regulated by the control region of the ara operon. Ampicillin is an antibiotic that kills E. coli, so if E. coli, so if E. coli cells contain the ampicillin-resistance gene, the cells can survive exposure to ampicillin since the ampicillin-resistance gene encodes an enzyme that inactivates the antibiotic. Thus, transformed E. coli cells containing ampicillin-resistance plasmids can easily be selected simply growing the bacteria in the presence of ampicillin-only the transformed cells survive. The ara control region regulates GFP expression by the addition of arabinose, so the GFP gene can be turned on and

This experiment was designed to test and observe the transformation efficacy of the pUC18 and lux plasmids in making E. coli resistant to ampicillin. Both plasmids code for ampicillin resistance, however, the lux plasmid codes for a bioluminescence gene that is expressed if properly introduced into the bacteria’s genome. The E. coli cultures were mixed with a calcium chloride solution and then heat shocked, allowing the plasmids to enter the bacteria and assimilate into the bacterial DNA. The plasmids and the bacteria were then mixed in different test tubes and then evenly spread onto petri dishes using a bacterial spreader, heating the spreader between each sample to make sure there is no cross contamination. Each of the dishes was labeled and then incubated for a period of 24 hours. The results were rather odd because every single one of the samples grew. Several errors could have occurred here, cross contamination or possibly an error in preparation as every single sample in the class grew, meaning all samples of the bacteria transformed and became ampicillin resistant.

In the LB (pGLO negative), it is expected to not see any colonies growing. As a result of this experiment, it shown any growth colonies but this only had shown a large number of white, circular colonies that were found across the surface of the agar. In the LB/Amp (pGLO negative), it is expected to see any growth colonies. In the experiment, the resulted was no growth colonies because this has Ampicillin and no pGLO. Now, the LB/Amp (pGLO positive), it is expected to have growth colonies in the agar plate. As a result, it was shown growth colonies in the agar plate because has positive pGLO regardless having Ampicillin. In the other hand, both positive pGLO have the same components but in one plate was added Arabinose. The LB/Amp/Ara (pGLO

The purpose of this experiment is to make E.Coli competent so that it can be transformed in order to become immune to ampicillin, then we would be able to determine the transformation efficiency of the culture. We determine this by preparing 4 plates of E.coli, each labeled “LB-plasmid”, “LB+plasmid”, “LB?Amp-plasmid”, and “LB/Amp+plasmid”. This meant that either should have lacked plasmid and Ampicillin, with plasmid but lacked Ampicillin, without plasmid but with Ampicillin, or were with Ampicillin and plasmid, respectively. Then we made the bacterial cells competent by adding CaCl2 to 2 vials of the colony (one with plasmids), and incubating on ice, then heat shocking, and returning to ice. Luria Broth is then added and left to sit for 5-15

The purpose of this lab is to use genetic engineering to transform E. coli bacteria by inserting the plasmid pGLO, and to then see if the bacteria was transformed by using the antibiotic, ampicillin.

What was expected that the strains of E. coli that did not have a resistance to ampicillin would not grow. The transformed strain also changed to a blue color when the X-gal was present in plate. The transformed cells also grew because they were free of the ampicillin because they possessed the amp gene that they used as an shield against the ampicillin antibiotic. The transformed cell who turned blue did so because the gene converted the sugar to a blue color but also contained the amp gene to ensure that they grew even when the ampicillin was present. The growth of the colonies on the plates

The LB Plate acts as a control for the LB/AMP because it shows that the bacteria without the plasmid, but still went through the process, survived. The second plate, which contained LB/AMP, left no trace of bacteria behind. This is because the AMP is an antibiotic, which kills off the existing bacteria (LB). This plate also acts a control because without the plasmid, the bacteria can’t grow in the presents of Antibiotics.

In this experiment the objective was to transform E. coli with the pGLO plasmid and calculate the transformation efficiency. The hypotheses were that the plate with only LB agar and untransformed E. coli would grow a lawn; the control plate of untransformed bacteria with LB and ampicillin would experience no growth; the transformed plate with just LB and ampicillin would grow colonies of bacteria but it would not glow green under UV light; and the transformed plate with LB, ampicillin and arabinose would grow colonies that would glow green under UV light. The results found supported each of these hypotheses as the bacteria grew as predicted. The

Similarly, the recipient E. Coli bacteria is resistant to nalidixic acid, and would be able to grow on a Nal plate, but not on the Cm plate. By plating the recipient bacteria on chloramphenicol, we can ensure that the sample was purely recipient if there is no growth.

Analysis of DNA from practicals 1 and 2 using the technique of agarose gel electrophoresis and analysis of transfomed E. coli from practical 2 (part B)

This experiment was performed to test the hypothesis if LB nutrient broth, +pGLO and -pGLO Ampicillin, and Arabinose was placed in the E. coli plates, then there will be a significant growth in the newly transformed bacteria and it will possess the ability to glow under UV light. The measurements were recorded from the bent glass tube in each glass test tube. The transformation protocol tested for the newly possessed traits in E.coli bacteria. Throughout the experiment there were many probable reasons for failure. If the pipettes and sterile loop were not thrown out in between each use, a cross contamination could cause a miscalculation in the experiment causing the data results to fail. The hypothesis that was tested was validated due to the positive results with each experiment stating that newly transformed organisms due in fact pass on traits.