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* Optional centrifuge
* Optional autoclave/pressure cooker
-## Minimum equipment;
-* Sterile Glass or Pasteur Pipettes or glass droppers, preferably graduated.
- - If using glass pipettes, you'll also need a pipette pump and a pipette brush, available cheaply on ebay.
- - Glass droppers must be sterilisable by pressure cooker.
+## Minimum equipment
+* Sterile Glass or Pasteur Pipettes or glass droppers, preferably graduated.
+ - If using glass pipettes, you'll also need a pipette pump and a pipette brush, available cheaply on ebay.
+ - Glass droppers must be sterilisable by pressure cooker.
- Disposible pasteur pipettes should be graduated and sterile, pre-wrapped.
* 30C incubator - achievable with a pet terrarium thermostat and heat-mat in a polystyrene box.
* Crushed ice
* Microwave for sterilising media (pressure cooker preferred!)
-* Sterile work area;
- - Bunsen burner or blowtorch-facing-up, or
- - Jury-rigged glove-box with inner surface sterilised, or
+* Sterile work area
+ - Bunsen burner or blowtorch-facing-up, or
+ - Jury-rigged glove-box with inner surface sterilised, or
- A good HEPA-rated air purifier with a fresh filter pointing at work area.
* Lab strain, plasmid-free E.coli
* Desired DNA plasmid
-* Ingredients for basic broth:
- - Soy Protein (or lactose-free casein)
- - Yeast Extract with no added salt (or, balance salt content against your added salt below)
- - Salt, non-iodised, preferably without preservatives
+* Ingredients for basic broth:
+ - Soy Protein (or lactose-free casein)
+ - Yeast Extract with no added salt (or, balance salt content against your added salt below)
+ - Salt, non-iodised, preferably without preservatives
- Bromelain or Papain digestive tablets, or Meat tenderiser
-* Additional ingredients for TSS-broth:
- - PEG-3350, sold under a number of brand names as a laxative: Miralax, GoLytely, GlycoLax, etc. Probably available through pharmacy over the counter, or internet.
+* Additional ingredients for TSS-broth:
+ - PEG-3350, sold under a number of brand names as a laxative: Miralax, GoLytely, GlycoLax, etc. Probably available through pharmacy over the counter, or internet.
- MgSO4, sold as “Epsom Salt” in pharmacies as a bath salt.
* Fine Sieve, Coffee filters, funnel, cotton wool to clarify broth
-* Glassware
- - Preferably actual lab glassware, available from brouwland.com or various ebay sellers. Alternatively;
- - Recycled jam jars for “Flasks”
- - Smaller jars for “test tubes”
+* Glassware
+ - Preferably actual lab glassware, available from brouwland.com or various ebay sellers. Alternatively;
+ - Recycled jam jars for “Flasks”
+ - Smaller jars for “test tubes”
- Wide jars or glass ramekins for “Petri Dishes”.
## Transforming E.coli by a modified TSS method: