We use 3 % mannitol for bacteria 5% for human cells. This works
better than NaCl. If you are using salt buffer then normal
phosphate buffered saline is better than NaCL (al least for our
work).
Olivier wrote:
>> We are currently washing E. coli cells with a water solution containing 9 g/
> l of NaCl. However, it seems that we have some cell lysis.
> I was wondering if it was an osmotic pressure problem? Do you know a simple
> methode to measure an osmotic pressure? Do you know if I must modify the
> concentration of NaCl that i'm using.
>> Thank you for your help.
> --
> Olivier Favre-Bulle
>oliver.favre-bulle at wanadoo.fr
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