Automated Filtration-Based High-Throughput Plasmid Preparation System

Table 1.

The Process of Plasmid Preparation

A. Cultivation
Process Person Tools Vacuum pressure (inch Hg) Time
Medium dispensing 1 HT medium 1.75
 dispenser  min/plate
Inoculation 1 384 microtiter plate 3 min/plate
96 pins
70% ethanol
Cultivation 1 shaker (275 rpm) 17 hr
 (for setting) platform (30° angle)
37°C room
Culture transfer 2 96-channel dispenser 0.5 min/plate
Vacuum filtration 4 vacuum manifold 10 3 min/plate
vacuum pump (160 Torr)
B. Plasmid preparation
Process Stage Solution Volume (μl) Vacuum pressure (inch Hg) Time (min)
Lysozyme treatment 2 1 25 2.5
Alkaline lysis 3 2 50 2.5
Neutralization 4 neutralization 200 2.5
Filtration 5, 6, 7, 8 16 10
Washing 9,10 washing 600 16 5
 11, 12 600 16 5
Salt washing 13, 14 80% ethanol 300 20 5
Drying 15, 16 20 15
 17, 18
 19, 20
C. Elution
Process Person Tools Time
Eluant dispensing 1 96-channel dispenser 0.5 min/plate
Centrifugation 2 centrifuge (1000g, for microtiter plate) 10 min/16
 microtiter plate  plates
Drying 1 60°C drying oven overnight

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