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firstly,i pick one clone for inoculating into 2ml LB,37℃,250rpm for 10hr。then I take the ratio 1:1000 reinoculate into 250ml LB medium 37℃,250rpm for 12-14hr。
secondly,after I used the kit solutionI II III according to the kit protocol,I found the supernatant is not clear,its colour seems to yellow,it apparently contained something,so I centrifuge more times at bakerman 8000g 30min,but the result is the same!
I'll be appreciated for your troubleshooting!

-aaronah86-

QUOTE (aaronah86 @ Aug 20 2008, 05:20 PM)
firstly,i pick one clone for inoculating into 2ml LB,37℃,250rpm for 10hr。then I take the ratio 1:1000 reinoculate into 250ml LB medium 37℃,250rpm for 12-14hr。
secondly,after I used the kit solutionI II III according to the kit protocol,I found the supernatant is not clear,its colour seems to yellow,it apparently contained something,so I centrifuge more times at bakerman 8000g 30min,but the result is the same!
I'll be appreciated for your troubleshooting!

Keep going!!! laugh.gif All is well! biggrin.gif tongue.gif When you have a concentrated solution of nucleic acids, it can go slightly yellow. As long as the supernatant is not cloudy, you've spun down the crud (membranes, proteins, general assorted junk).

-swanny-

QUOTE (swanny @ Aug 21 2008, 08:28 AM)
QUOTE (aaronah86 @ Aug 20 2008, 05:20 PM)
firstly,i pick one clone for inoculating into 2ml LB,37℃,250rpm for 10hr。then I take the ratio 1:1000 reinoculate into 250ml LB medium 37℃,250rpm for 12-14hr。
secondly,after I used the kit solutionI II III according to the kit protocol,I found the supernatant is not clear,its colour seems to yellow,it apparently contained something,so I centrifuge more times at bakerman 8000g 30min,but the result is the same!
I'll be appreciated for your troubleshooting!

Keep going!!! laugh.gif All is well! biggrin.gif tongue.gif When you have a concentrated solution of nucleic acids, it can go slightly yellow. As long as the supernatant is not cloudy, you've spun down the crud (membranes, proteins, general assorted junk).

thanks!but I tried more than 6 times,the supernatant is still yellow but seemed clear.I went on but found that the amounts of the pellet is huge after isopropanol pecipitation. I use the MQ solute the pellet,quite a lot didn't solute. so I spun it down,there were still lots of crud!

-aaronah86-

QUOTE (aaronah86 @ Aug 24 2008, 03:50 PM)
QUOTE (swanny @ Aug 21 2008, 08:28 AM)
QUOTE (aaronah86 @ Aug 20 2008, 05:20 PM)
firstly,i pick one clone for inoculating into 2ml LB,37℃,250rpm for 10hr。then I take the ratio 1:1000 reinoculate into 250ml LB medium 37℃,250rpm for 12-14hr。
secondly,after I used the kit solutionI II III according to the kit protocol,I found the supernatant is not clear,its colour seems to yellow,it apparently contained something,so I centrifuge more times at bakerman 8000g 30min,but the result is the same!
I'll be appreciated for your troubleshooting!

Keep going!!! laugh.gif All is well! biggrin.gif tongue.gif When you have a concentrated solution of nucleic acids, it can go slightly yellow. As long as the supernatant is not cloudy, you've spun down the crud (membranes, proteins, general assorted junk).

thanks!but I tried more than 6 times,the supernatant is still yellow but seemed clear.I went on but found that the amounts of the pellet is huge after isopropanol pecipitation. I use the MQ solute the pellet,quite a lot didn't solute. so I spun it down,there were still lots of crud!

OK, my bad. I didn't look closely at the parameters of your spin. I don't think 8000 x g will be enough to spin out all of the junk, unless the GE protocol is significantly different to all the others I know. Try spinning 30 minutes at >20,000 x g.

-swanny-