Team:UNIPV-Pavia/Methods Materials/Absorbance

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A 10-hours experiment was made to compare the growth in the microplate with those in typical growth ambients like falcon tube and flask. The goal was the estimation of important parameters that characterize growth curves, as duration and evolution of all the phases, and doubling time in exponential phase.  
A 10-hours experiment was made to compare the growth in the microplate with those in typical growth ambients like falcon tube and flask. The goal was the estimation of important parameters that characterize growth curves, as duration and evolution of all the phases, and doubling time in exponential phase.  
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As you can see in the figures below, the growth inside the microplate is well comparable to the other two till the end of its exponential phase (4 hour), then slowes down, becoming almost linear, to reach O.D. values lower than the others.
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Measurements - Absorbance


Absorbance and water dispensation

We find no relevant differences between the measures before and after the dispensation of different volumes of water in the well, both for simple liquid growth medium and bacterial coltures.

You can find more informations about the experiment at [http://aimed11.unipv.it/iGEM2009 Download Protocol] - Test 17/10/09.


Absorbance and water dispensation, LB
Absorbance and water dispensation, bacterial colture

Absorbance and volume

The proportionality between absorbance (OD600) measurement and volume of colture in the well was verified. By fitting a linear regression model on the experimental data we estimate a coefficient of proportionality of 8.27e-4 for bacterial coltures and of 1.38e-4 for LB+Amp medium.

You can find more informations about the experiments at [http://aimed11.unipv.it/iGEM2009 Download Protocol] - Test n.9bis, 10/10/09 (bacterial colture), and Test 17/10/09 (LB medium).


Absorbance and volume (0-300ul), bacterial colture


Absorbance and volume (0-300ul), LB medium

Absorbance and dilutions in liquid growth medium

The proportionality between absorbance measurement (OD600) and colture's dilutions was verified, confirming the possibility of using OD600 to measure the bacterial quantity in the well, regardless of the total volume present in the well.

This experiment was done in two different growth mediums, LB and M9, and in three different total volumes in the well, 100μl, 200μl and 300μl.

By fitting a linear regression model on the experimental data we estimate a coefficient of proportionality of 0.0018 for LB medium and 0.0035 of for M9.

You can find more informations about the experiments at [http://aimed11.unipv.it/iGEM2009 Download Protocol] - Test n.20, 13/08/09 and Test n.20 "M9", 28/08/09.


Absorbance and colture's dilutions in LB
Absorbance and colture's dilutions in M9

Different protocols for different growth curves

As our first step we wanted to individuate a proper protocol to have reproducible growth curves for the coltures incubated inside the microplate reader.

We compared three different solutions, as you can see in the figures below.

Protocol 1:

  • overnight colture incubation from glycerol stock (8 μl) in 5ml LB+Amp 37°C 220 rpm;
  • dilution 1:1000;
  • incubation 37°C 220 rpm for about 2/3 hours;
  • use this colture to fill the plate.

Protocol 2:

  • pick a colony from a streaked plate with single colonies;
  • infect the microplate well, previously filled with 200 μl of growth medium.

Protocol 3:

  • overnight colture incubation from glycerol stock (8 μl) in 5ml LB+Amp 37°C 220 rpm;
  • dilution 1:100;
  • incubation 37°C 220 rpm for about 2/3 hours;
  • infect the microplate well, previously filled with 200 μl of growth medium, with a sterile pipette tip poured in the grown colture.


Growth Protocols n.1 and n.2

You can find more informations about the experiment at [http://aimed11.unipv.it/iGEM2009 Download Protocol] - Test n.5, 18/06/09.


As you can see in the figure above, the protocol n.2 does not give any reproducibility of growth curves, and sometimes doesn't guarantee the observation of all growth phases. Moreover, this procedure allows to use the same clone taken from a colony just once, without the risk of loosing bacteria during the infection operation.

On the other hand, protocol n.1 ensures a perfect reproducibility of the curves coming from the same falcon tube. Clearly coltures from different falcon tubes evolve in different way.

For all these reasons we decide to use this protocol in our experiments.


Growth Protocol n.3

You can find more informations about the experiment at [http://aimed11.unipv.it/iGEM2009 Download Protocol] - Test n.6, 27/06/09.


The protocol n.3, as you can see in the figure above, allows the complete observation of the curves, but not their reproducibility, and for this reason was discarded.

Growth ambients in comparison

A 10-hours experiment was made to compare the growth in the microplate with those in typical growth ambients like falcon tube and flask. The goal was the estimation of important parameters that characterize growth curves, as duration and evolution of all the phases, and doubling time in exponential phase.

As you can see in the figures below, the growth inside the microplate is well comparable to the other two till the end of its exponential phase (4 hour), then slowes down, becoming almost linear, to reach O.D. values lower than the others.

Growth ambients in comparison


Growth ambients in comparison, exponential phase
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