Hi, are there anyone familiar with E coli?
I've screened some mutants and is trying to confirm them by doing site
mutagenesis and spot titration. But, during the process I found my
transformants which were streaked out twice, were contaminated by phage (
precipitates and clear o/n culture without many cells). When I am doing the
o/n culture, I found that if I add Kan, there would be a phage problem, but
if I didn't, there wouldn't. This makes me sooooooo confused and
disappointed. I wonder whether there are anybody who work with bacteria can
give me some suggestions. Thank you!
P.S.
I am now growing my cells in 37C with or without Kan at the same time to
figure out wheter it is antibiotics inducible.