disrupting e. coli cells

[Michael van Waes]

>
>i've never had much success with sonication but since that is the only
>piece of equipment we have at present, do you have any suggestions for
>optimizing e. coli disruption with a sonicator? i've heard that some
>people use lysozyme treatment before sonicating, do you have any
>experience with this?? any other treatments??
>
>bip
>-- 
 We found that the simplest, most efficient way is to grind with mortar/pestle
 with alumina. On the other hand, I guess it depends on what you want to get
 from the bugs.
 Cheers.............Michael.


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