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green e. coli - (Jun/27/2001 )

i'm trying to transform competent dh5a by electroporation. but i'm having problems.the colonies that i pick and inoculate, are turning green?! has this happened to anyone?thanks

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I ve had the same problem lately with DH5a. After transforming and inocculating the LB turns to green...somebody from invitrogen told me " We normaly recognize a green color because ofaccumulation of oxidized comlexes like FAD during Pichia Pastoris fermentation". This doesn't mean much to me but maybe it'sof any help to you? In my mind it's a contamination of some sort...

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It can be a contamination with Pseudomonas, which is pretty common...

-Dasha-