I tried this years ago and had the same result. I as able to get worms to
grow by killing E. coli with formaledyde, washing thoroughly, and putting
the dead cells onto NGM. We surmised that the worms need solid matter to
feed on, and that autoclaving lyses the E. coli and makes it inedible.
Creg Darby, PhD lab: 650-723-2671
Department of Microbiology and Immunology fax: 650-723-1837
Stanford University Medical School cdarby at stanford.edu
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Stanford, CA 94305-5124
wtsang at gpu.srv.ualberta.ca ("W.Tsang") writes:
>Does anyone have experience with growing N2s on NGM plates seeded
>with autoclaved E. coli? I had grown synchronized L1s under this
>condition and these animals appeared to arrest at L3. Adding hemoglobin
>onto the plate (a source of heme) didn't seem to help at all.
>Thanks very much in advance.
>William Tsang
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>Lemire lab
>University of Alberta
>Edmonton, Canada
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