Figure 3
Acoustic crystal harvesting. (a, b) Thermolysin crystals in a polypropylene assembly (a) harvested onto a micro-mesh (b). (c, d) Lysozyme crystals grown in a MiTeGen assembly (c) harvested onto a micro-mesh (d). (e, f) Proteinase K crystals grown in a MiTeGen plate (e) harvested onto a micro-mesh (f). (g, h) Ferritin crystals grown in a MiTeGen plate (g) harvested onto a micro-mesh (h). Only a few thermolysin crystals were present in each harvested aliquot, and there were occasional cases where no crystals were observed on the micro-mesh. Lysozyme and proteinase K crystals were harvested in much greater numbers and no harvesting failures were observed. |