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OD 600 , confusing - (Jan/17/2008 )

i need to measure the OD 600 of the cell growth.. however, the spectrophotometer cant detect it since the concentration of the yis culture is too high..
then i dilute it by 100X. now, im confuse how to calculate back the OD 600 of the culture before dilution..

i try times the OD 600 from the diluted culture with 100. ..
but the result i get is too high from what i observe...

i had repeat three times my dilution method.....990ul medium + 10ul sample..

so, how to calculate back my OD 600??

or anything goes wrong with my method??

thanx a lot...

-parami-

QUOTE (parami @ Jan 17 2008, 12:43 AM)
i need to measure the OD 600 of the cell growth.. however, the spectrophotometer cant detect it since the concentration of the yis culture is too high..
then i dilute it by 100X. now, im confuse how to calculate back the OD 600 of the culture before dilution..

i try times the OD 600 from the diluted culture with 100. ..
but the result i get is too high from what i observe...

i had repeat three times my dilution method.....990ul medium + 10ul sample..

so, how to calculate back my OD 600??

or anything goes wrong with my method??

thanx a lot...


why don't you calculate the concentration from the OD 600 you get and then you time that concentration.
Maybe that's what you did, I understood that you timed the OD.

-SMH-

QUOTE (parami @ Jan 17 2008, 02:43 AM)
i need to measure the OD 600 of the cell growth.. however, the spectrophotometer cant detect it since the concentration of the yis culture is too high..
then i dilute it by 100X. now, im confuse how to calculate back the OD 600 of the culture before dilution..

i try times the OD 600 from the diluted culture with 100. ..
but the result i get is too high from what i observe...

i had repeat three times my dilution method.....990ul medium + 10ul sample..

so, how to calculate back my OD 600??

or anything goes wrong with my method??

thanx a lot...

Have you tried not waiting as long before measuring the OD of the culture?

-TheSquire-