Re: [DIYbio] Re: Transformation questions

On Sat, Mar 10, 2012 at 1:05 PM, Nathan McCorkle <nmz787@gmail.com> wrote:
> Jm109 or DH5-alpha or K12... whatever you have on hand.... i did this
> once (with a commercial electroporator) and it worked wayyyy better
> than CaCl2
>
Where do you get those from?

The ones I use are New England Biolabs Competent E coli. Are they
special strains that have improved transformation efficiency over the
DH5-alpha, etc?

> just make sure its in exponential phase growth, that's all
>
> I rinsed my e. coli 2 or 3 times with pure water before adding DNA and
> electroporating, but Mega says he doesn't have a centrifuge... and if

What do you mean by rinsing with water?

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