Lens cases were collected and processed for microbial investigation as soon as possible or stored at -4oC if the cases could not have processed within 24 hours. Lens holders and the case well were swabbed with a sterile cotton swab. The swab was placed in 2ml of phosphate buffer (PBS; pH 7.4 NaCl 8 g 1-1, KCl 0.2 g 1-1, Na2HPO4 1.15 g 1-1, KH2PO4 0.2 g 1-1 pH 7.2) and was vortexed at 2500 rpm for 10-20 sec. Four hundred microliters of the PBS was inoculated into chocolate agar plates and Sabouraud dextrose agar plate. Chocolate agar plates were incubated at 37oC for 24 hrs, 48 hrs and 96 hrs under aerobic, microaerophilic and anaerobic conditions. The Sabouraud dextrose agar plate was incubated at room temperature for 1 week for fungal identification. A total colony count was …show more content…
After cell lysis and DNA extraction, 100µl of DNA was stored at -30oC prior to subsequent 16S rRNA PCR and gene sequencing. Universal primers 27F; AGAGTTTGATCCTGGCTCAG and 1492R; GGTTACCTTGTTACGACTT were used to target the 16S rRNA gene. PCR amplification was performed using a thermocycler with the following program: 25 cycles for 5 mins at 94oC, 30 secs at 94oC, 30 secs at 56oC and 90 secs at 72oC. The final elongation step was performed for 10 mins at 72oC. PCR products were analysed by agarose gel electrophoresis (Figure 1) to ensure the appropriate size of the amplification product. The PCR procedures were repeated in the similar manner except adding forward and reverse primer separately. Post PCR products were cleaned using Safodex G-50per the manufacturer’s instructions. Subsequently, the filtered PCR product was collected in fresh microtiter plates and heated at 90oC for 30 mins. The PCR product was submitted to the Ramaciotti DNA Sequencing Analysis Unit, at the School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, UNSW for DNA
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Half the fun of taking photos is the ability to share them with friends and family on social media. In doing so, the photographer should receive credit for the photo being posted. Giving proper credit to an artist is a nice way of saying "thank you for taking such a great photo". Professionals show respect by giving credit to those who deserve it. This article Grand Lens Photography explains why it is important to give proper credit to photographers.
“….he says he would as soon put fireworks in my pillow-case as to let me have those stimulating people about now.”(Gilman, 4)
A farm that features agritourism was supposed to be visited, and then analyzed using the “Seven lenses” that was provided by the client on Moodle. The farm that was visited by the writer exhibited all aspects of the seven lenses almost perfectly. This paper will list and explain how the farm that was visited during the summer exhibited the seven lenses.
The Basic Local Alignment Search Tool (BLAST) was the final portion of this lab report. BLAST is provided courtesy of the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI). After running the five chosen tests, students were given the two 16S rRNA sequences that were associated with their assigned culture. The BLAST results served to confirm or disprove the hypothesis of what the unknown may be. The BLAST program compared the given 16S rRNA sequence to a database of known sequences and searched for similarity. (10) This search tool is capable of comparing nucleotide or protein sequences to find statistical significance between the matches. A perfect match to the unknown sequence is indicated by a
Do you ever walk through the rain with your glasses and always get wet lenses?
We look for things that we can’t see by looking through special powerful telescopes that help us see the things we can’t from the naked eye. Many special telescopes today at NASA are those that can see things our eye itself cannot. These telescope’s lenses are the most powerful in the world. They see things our eyes can’t like dark matter. Like when dark matter was discovered. W. Kent Ford confirmed the existence of this “missing mass”. He observed a resembling phenomenon. The mass of the stars visible in a typical galaxy is about 10 percent required to keep stars orbiting their galaxy's center. Speed with which stars orbit the center. Accoring to http://www.britannica.com/science/dark-matter “Indeed, orbital velocity is either constant or
The research used Max Weber’s “Theory of Social Stratification” that tells how people discern each other when they belong to different classes especially the rich and the poor and those people who are on top because of money and fame. This shows how uneducated is ostracized by the rich as if the poor are not members of the society. This theory also shows class divisions that categorizes people into three classes: Upper Class, Middle Class, and Lower Class. It is Class the division that separates the rich or opulent from the poor or the weak. Marxism in the other outlook is not just about wealth but also of how the society sees their social ranks in life.
There is a "trick" that makes high prescription lenses for nearsighted vision thinner. You can use it to minimize the lens thickness of even low index lens materials such as standard CR-39 plastic. The trick is buying small round lenses. The lens curvature of a minus prescription (for nearsightedness) is concave. That is, the lens is thin at the center and gradually thickens until you reach the edge where it's thickest. If you made the lens thin at the edge, it would be too thin at the center, which would make the lens too fragile. Therefore, these lenses have an absolute minimum thickness at the center to ensure its strength.
If you have recently been prescribed progressive lenses, you have likely experienced problems seeing objects that are nearby. You probably also have trouble seeing things from a mid-range distance. When you must struggle to read or view objects clearly from various distances, progressive lenses make a logical choice.
Before it undergoes PCR the DNA extraction has a few steps to be done first, which is crucial to allow for amplification to begin, it needs to undergo cell lysis and denature the proteins, which then is purified (Tracey, 2017). The extracted DNA was then put into NaOH, a strong base and heated to 95 degrees Celsius, which leads to breaking down the hydrogen bonds between the nitrogenous (Tracey, 2017). Once all the previous steps have been completed, the PCR reaction can commence after mixing with primers, Taq DNA polymerase, reaction buffers and dNTPS. The Thermocycler was utilized to facilitate PCR making it faster, more reliable and cheaper (Tracey, 2017). The sample will undergo 35 amplification cycles, producing 3.44x1010 target sequences [ 235= 3.44x1010
According to the dictionary definition, a lens is an optical device that is used to focus or disperse light beams by the means of refraction. Moreover, the lens is made up of transparent material such as glass or clear plastic which allows the light pass through and interacts with the medium without it being absorbed. A lens is typically made to focus light unlike prisms which refracts it to show the different band of wavelength.
This essay based on the principle of real time PCR which uses CYBR green dye that combines to any double stand DNA. This process included two maim steps. The first step was designing of HSV-1 primer and /or HSV-2 primer (we have chosen only HSV-1). BioEdit software has been used to edit the nuclide sequences where necessary. After that the primer has been ordered. The second step was in the laboratory which included applying the HSV-1 primers to real time PCR protocol. The final results of this protocols aim to demonstrate the quality of HSV-1 primer that we have designed by interpretation three criteria. These are specificity, efficiency and
I frequently find myself experiencing a set of hunches when it comes to buying products, particularly expensive products such a new car or a new laptop per say. Ever since I purchased my first laptop, I have been very skeptic about which brand to buy, what specifications to look for and never the less, when is the time to buy. I still remember asking the sales clerk what the best time for me to buy my laptop at a discounted price was to which she replied “Black Friday”. I had a hunch she was going to say the best time to buy was during Christmas season but when she mentioned Black Friday, it all made sense. I started to think about all the lines people made during that day and all the money stores spend on advertising and concluded that the sales clerk was right. I learned ever since that an educated hunch has to be based on research not just on what your gut tells you.
Three samples were prepared: Soy bean with GMO, Soy bean without GMO, Lettuce, and Chex® cereal. The food samples were crushed into a powder and separated. Next, 100 µl of Edwards buffer was added to samples. For another minute, the food was then grounded. Then, 900 µl of Edwards’s buffer was then added to each sample and vortex. The samples were then boiled for 5 minutes and centrifuged for 2 minutes. Next 350 µ of each supernatant was transferred to fresh tubes. 400 µl of isopropanol was then added to the supernatant samples. The solutions were then inversed