Andrew Rosser

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How many times is it worth reprocessing a MGIT with bacterial contamination?

My question is how many times is it worth reprocessing a MGIT contaminated with bacteria? I presume this would depend upon whether AFBs are seen or not? I can't find any advice in national SOPs or...

29 November 2018 367 0 View

Is there anyway to do a word count of a thesis and automatically exclude tables in Microsoft Word?

I would be grateful for some help with doing a word count on a thesis. Microsoft Word includes the tables within the word count even though the University excludes them. I would really like to...

10 April 2018 4,705 3 View

What is the difference between Casein peptone and Casein hydrolysate?

I found an old paper by ML Cohn stating that Casein hydrolysate improves the recovery of some fastidious Mtb strains. I am doing a project with MGITs but it involves removing some of the 7H9...

03 May 2016 9,310 2 View

Is there an explanation for Mycobacterium tuberculosis growing on solid but not liquid media from clinical samples?

I am cultivating Mycobacterium tuberculosis from clinical samples on 7H9 and 7H10 media. The literature describes 'persister-like bacilli' that grow in liquid but not solid media however I cannot...

16 November 2015 4,091 4 View

What are some strategies to stabilize purified proteins?

I am planning to purify resuscitation-promoting factors produced using an expression plasmid in an E. coli expression strain. The proteins inactivate shortly after purification. I have explored...

14 December 2014 3,740 8 View