Fungal contamination of Southern bot

[Alexander Dobrovic]

I believe that this can be caused  by electrostatic effects.

>I was shown an autoradiograph of a southern blot with a strange result.
>There
>were a few  dark blobs on the film. These blobs looked like ungly snow
>flakes.
>There was a central dark image on the film with radiating tentacles.  These
>tentacles had tentacles of their own.  I was told this was fungal
>contamination.
>
>I have never seen this before.  Is what I described consistant with fungal
>contamination?  How does one fix or prevent this from occuring again?
>Thank you.


Regards

Alex


alexander.dobrovic at adelaide.edu.au

61-(0)8-8222 7676


---