Well done, you made the dilutions correctly.


Next:

  • Add 0.1ml E.coli suspension (plating cells) to each of the dilution tubes. (Why?)

  • Remove one tube of soft agar from the 45°C water bath.

  • Add 0.1ml of the 10-6 phage dilution to the agar.

  • Mix thoroughly but gently (no bubbles!) and pour onto one of the agar plates.

  • Swirl gently to distribute the agar evenly across the plate.

  • Repeat this operation for each of the phage dilutions in this series.

  • Repeat the entire procedure above to test for total p.f.u. from the chloroform-lysed sample.

Put your plates into the incubator overnight at 37°C


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