E.coli dies. HELP!!!!!

[Deb Britt]

In article <4p6kki$a7t at oravannahka.Helsinki.FI>, kstenber at cc.Helsinki.FI
(Kaj Stenberg) wrote:


>(snip) 
> Problem:
> The cells die just before induction, at OD roughly 0.7 (0.7 -> 0.1 in 10
> minutes). The pre-ymp grows nicely, and the cells grow nicely in the big
> flasks until they die.

>(snip)  
> -first idea was accident. I think not.
> -second idea was phage. I do not think so


Phage was the first thing that came to my mind.  Have you definitely
checked, to rule this out?
-- 
Deborah Britt, Ph.D.
Medical Oncology
RI Hospital/Brown University