Vibrio Fischeri Is A Bacterium That Served As The Model Organism

This lab investigated the central dogma of molecular biology by studying the expression of jellyfish Green Fluorescent Protein in E. coli (Mardigan, 2011). After transforming E. coli with the GFP gene under the arabinose operon promoter, GFP expression was analyzed with and without arabinose. Induction was seen only in media with arabinose. To further study GFP protein and structure, an SDS-Page or gel electrophoresis was conducted where proteins were charged to allow them to move in an electrical field in terms of their size. To further study the role of the arabinose operon in GFP expression an overnight culture was done where the plate was frozen and incubated to induce optimal protein folding. The GFP was then purified. Centrifugation, use of buffers, and a column was used to separate the GFP and bacterial cells.

The GFP gene is normally isolated from the jellyfish Aequorea victoria, allowing it to fluoresce with the absorption of ultraviolet light (Goodsell, 2003). This gene is inserted into a region of a plasmid to be regulated by an operon (Brown, 2011). In the plasmid, GFP is normally repressed but when arabinose is present, it will induce the gene to make enzymes able to digest the arabinose, and once there is no more arabinose,

The purpose of the PGLO lab was to be able to perform a procedure known as a genetic transformation. We used a procedure to transform bacteria with the gene that codes for a Green Fluorescent Protein (GFP). The actual source of the GFP gene that we used in this complicated experiment is the bioluminescent jellyfish Aequorea victoria. This protein causes the jellyfish to glow under a UV light that was provided in the dark. After the transformation procedure, the bacteria showed their newly acquired gene from a jellyfish and produced the fluorescent protein, which as a result, causes it to glow. If the bacteria glowed in the dark, that was the initial sign that the experiment was successful.

1.2 ml of the bacterial cultures are taken to pellet the cells and remove supernatant while

In the pGLO Bacterial Transformation lab, Escherichia coli is transformed with a gene encoding green fluorescent protein by inserting a plasmid containing the GFP gene, beta-lactamase, and arabinose into the bacterium. Successfully transformed bacteria will grow in the presence of ampicillin and glow a bright green color under ultraviolet light. The sugar arabinose is responsible for switching on the GFP gene in the transformed cells, without it, the gene will not be expressed.

Abstract: The objective of this experiment is to find out what the optimal growth environment is for V. natriegens out of three different environments. The first is a Brain Heart Infusion broth (BHI) that contains 50 mM of NaCl. The second is BHI containing 250 mM of NaCl. The third is BHI containing 1000 mM NaCl. In order to obtain this, a growth curve graph must be constructed for each different environment, and the generation time of the bacteria in each environment must be calculated. The optimal environment for V. natriegens was found to be the BHI with 250 mM of NaCl.

Scientists can study and manipulate genes by using precisely engineered plasmids, According to ADDGENE, a nonprofit plasmid repository, plasmids “have become possibly the most ubiquitous tools in the molecular biologist’s toolbox” (“What Is a Plasmid?”). In this experiment, we will use pGLO to genetically transform the bacteria E. coli. pGLO is a genetically engineered plasmid that carries the reporter genes for both green fluorescent proteins (GFP) and the ampicillin resistance. GFP, a protein typically found in the bioluminescent jellyfish Aequorea victoria, exhibits a bright green fluorescence in the presence of blue to UV wavelengths (Mecham); the protein absorbs UV light from the sun and emits it as a lower energy green light, exemplifying the second law of

They form a partnership (symbiosis). Hawaiian bobtail squid will utilize the bioluminescence produced by V.fischeri for counter-illumination while bacteria are fed up with sugar and carbohydrate from host. A newly hatched squid can get this particular vibrio exclusively from the surrounding seawater in few hour, yet the Vibrio fischeri contented in seawater are quite low density (0ne to few hundred cells ml-1). Through the process of respiration and movement of squid, sea water will be flush in and out. These action carry the bacteria contact with nascent light

The purpose of the experiment was to isolate plasmid DNA, followed by restriction digestion using restriction endonucleases and then visualizing the digested fragments after subjecting to gel electrophoresis. Plasmid DNA (pSP72 DNA) was isolated from Escherichia coli KAM32 (E.coli) cultures using the QIA prep miniprep kit and then subjected to restriction digestion by EcoRI and HindIII. The restriction digested DNA was then loaded into the wells of 0.7% agarose gel and subjected to electrophoresis. It can be concluded from our results that our plasmid DNA isolation was successful and the restriction digestion results were partially in agreement with our hypothesis.

Quorum sensing isa form of cell-to-cell communication that bacteria use to coordinate the expression of genes involved in behaviours such as flagellar movement9,10 virulence factor production,11,12 and

Isolation of plasmid DNA from three cultures of E.coli using a method known as the alkaline lysis method.

After the incubation, 1.5 mL of each of the three cultures were added to eppendorf tubes and centrifuged at 13,200 rpm for 1 minute. An alkaline lysis procedure like that of Birnboim and Doly was then performed to extract the plasmid DNA with 200 μl of alkaline SDS detergent solution (Birnboim & Doly, 1979). After

Vittoria Colonna was the best female poet of the Italian Renaissance. she was the first secular woman to achieve a high level of literary status in Italy for vernacular production, and her example opened the way for subsequent women writers to publish in all manner of genres. Vittoria at first was more famous for her connection to esteemed artisans and writers like Michelangelo Buonarroti, Baldassare Castiglione, and Pietro Bembo to whom she would send her first poems. After her husband’s death she threw herself into religion and her writing She eventually published her first collection called rime, it was about 400 poems many of those were love and religious poems.While Vittoria poetry is conventional in style, relying heavily on Petrarchan

Dr. Roberston’s research focused on how the bacteria can be transmitted and translocated by the displacement of plant residue. The bacterium overwinters on plant residue which can be moved by extreme weather and environmental conditions such as tornadoes, wind, and hail. Tornadoes can possibly translocate debris hundreds of miles which can possibly bring bacterium from Iowa to South Dakota and other neighboring states.

Broth cultures of E.coli, Micrococcus luteus and Vibrio natriegens were streaked onto the respective sections. The plate was then incubated at 37oC for 48 hours. The process was then repeated on nutrient agar plates with 5, 6.5 and 10% salt.