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===SMM===
===SMM===
0.5M sucrose + 20mM MgCl_2 + 0.02M maleate (pH 6.5)
0.5M sucrose + 20mM MgCl_2 + 0.02M maleate (pH 6.5)
===Notes===
Need to measure mycolic acid concentration to make sure that they really have sloughed off cell wall.

Revision as of 11:45, 15 December 2006

(Based on Udou et al, 1982)

  1. Grow culture of smeg overnight
  2. Add 20% glycine to final concentration 1.2%, and incubate for 16-20h.
  3. Centrifuge at 1,200g for 15 minutes, decant supernatant. Resuspend in same volume SMM.
  4. Centrifuge again. Resuspend in same volume of P medium.
  5. Incubate for 16 to 20h
  6. Centrifuge at 300g for 7 minutes and discard pellet.
  7. Centrifuge supernatant at 1,200g for 15 minutes.
  8. Wash twice with SMM


P medium

(Additives per L of water)

  • 120g sucrose
  • 10g glucose
  • 12g L-glycine
  • 1g (NH_4)_2 SO_4
  • 0.25g K_2 SO_4
  • 2.03g MgCl_2 times 6H_2)
  • 3.68 CaCl_2 * 2H_2O
  • 0.1g KH_2 PO_4
  • 0.025M [N-tris(hydroxymethyl)methyl]-2-aminoethanesulfonic acid (TES; pH 7.2)
  • 50mg lysozyme
  • 30mg lytic enzyme no.2

SMM

0.5M sucrose + 20mM MgCl_2 + 0.02M maleate (pH 6.5)


Notes

Need to measure mycolic acid concentration to make sure that they really have sloughed off cell wall.