QIAGEN EZ Competent Cells do not require recovery incubation. QIAGEN EZ Competent Cells (>108 cfu/µg DNA), TOP 10F (Supplier I; >109 cfu/µg DNA), and JM109 (Supplier P; >108 cfu/µg DNA) competent cells were transformed with pUC18 plasmid DNA. The recommended protocol from each supplier was followed, except that all cells were plated immediately onto agar/ampicillin plates without a recovery incubation in SOC medium. Colony numbers were converted to relative percentages, with QIAGEN EZ Competent Cells set at 100%. Colony numbers were not normalized for transformation efficiency. Normalization would result in an even higher transformation efficiency for QIAGEN EZ Competent Cells.
