Journal: Microbial Biotechnology
Article Title: Developing High‐Efficiency Electroporation Protocols for Hard‐To‐Transform Halomonas spp.
doi: 10.1111/1751-7915.70285
Figure Lengend Snippet: Further optimisation of electroporation parameters for Halomonas elongata DSM 2581. (a) Comparison of electroporation efficiencies using two different volumes of electrocompetent cell suspension: 40 μL vs. 200 μL. (b) Effect of cell concentration on electroporation efficiency. Electrocompetent cells were resuspended in glycerol (10%) at different optical densities: OD 600 = 10, 20, 40, 60. (c) Comparison of electroporation efficiencies using two different electroporator systems—Bio‐Rad MicroPulser vs. Bio‐Rad Gene Pulser—under different electroporation conditions: Voltage, pulse number and resistance. (d) Table summarising the eight electroporation conditions tested in panel (c), resulting from the constrained mixed‐level orthogonal array design. Data shown represent mean ± standard deviation from three biological replicates. Negative control experiments were performed by electroporating electrocompetent cells without the addition of plasmid pSEVA241. (ns, not significant; * p < 0.05; *** p < 0.001; **** p < 0.0001).
Article Snippet: Halomonas elongata DSM 2581, Halomonas boliviensis LC1 and Halomonas campaniensis LS21 were obtained from DSMZ.
Techniques: Electroporation, Comparison, Suspension, Concentration Assay, Standard Deviation, Negative Control, Plasmid Preparation