User:Benjamin Friedel/Notebook/CHEM 471/2016/03/30

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Objectives Perform 2nd Agar Disc Diffusion Assay Procedure Materials for Agar Disc Diffusion Mueller Hinton Agar self-prepared 03/2/16 and stored in fridge Whatman Membrane Filter Paper (6mm discs punched out from larger discs) -autoclaved in dry cycle Dilutions of Protein Nanoparticle Samples and Ampicillin Control Protein-Nanoparticle samples and Ampicillin Control Dilutions AMP Table Concentration (mg/L) Concentration (ug/uL) Volume (ul) Mass (ug) 4 0.004 25 0.1 8 0.008 25 0.2 16 0.016 25 0.4 32 0.032 25 0.8 64 0.064 25 1.6 Example Nanoparticle Sample Dilutions Concentration (x) 1 0.5 0.25 0.125 0.0625 Agar disc diffusion specific dilution data, results and pictures can be found at the link SRB Lab Notebook Data for this entry's date Disc Diffusion Procedure Thaw Ecoli frozen sample (from basement storeroom, retrieved with Dr. Hartings) for 30 min over ice Dilute Ecoli thawed stock to OD600 (absorbance at 600nm) of .08-.1 (specifically .812A) Plate 100ul sample of diluted thawed Ecoli solution onto mueller hinton agar plates by first pipetting the volume and then using a trangular spreader in circles Load 10ul of sample dilutions or control dilution onto their own individual 6mm Whatman membrane filter paper discs with tweezers -it was noted on 03/23/16 that loading 20ul onto the membrane filter paper discs took a very long time, and resulted in slight leakage when placed onto the plate, this time only load 10ul and see if there is still inhibition as to lessen the load on the filter paper discs place discs on plate, labeled so that dilution 1, is in a particular 5th of a plate (5 dilutions total) and immediately cover palte incubate at 37˚C overnight in incubator and check results after 24 hours incubation Note that this technique was conducted on the benchtop. Between each loading of a disc on a plate, the tweezers used were washed with EtOH to minimize contamination. However, the plates were open to the air for a period of time during plating and loading of discs. Because we are testing for bacterial inhibition by the nanoparticles and control, if there is contamination, but inhibition we may never know that there was contamination in the first place. Discussed with Dr. Hartings and protocol was approved. Checking the discs After 24hrs incubation at 37˚C remove discs from incubator and measure diameters of bacterial inhibition around the discs