Growth media for E. coli

Juliane C Lessard

doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-420067-8.00011-8

Growth media for E. coli

Methods Enzymol. 2013:533:181-9. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-420067-8.00011-8.

Author

Juliane C Lessard¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA. Electronic address: jkellne2@jhmi.edu.

PMID: 24182923
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-420067-8.00011-8

Abstract

This protocol describes the preparation of several commonly used liquid growth media for E. coli.

Keywords: DNA vectors; Growth media for E. coli; Liquid growth media; Super optimal broth with catabolite repression (SOC); Terrific broth (TB); ‘Lysogeny’/Luria broth (LB).

MeSH terms

Bacteriological Techniques / instrumentation
Bacteriological Techniques / methods*
Culture Media* / chemistry
Escherichia coli / growth & development*

Substances

Culture Media