Cell culture in droplets
To seed the donor (EPCIPNV) cells a 150 ml droplet containing
9 104 cells is placed on one side of a 60mmplate.
On the opposite
side of the plate another 150 ml drop containing the target (EPC)
cells is placed. Cells are allowed to attach to the plastic surface of
the plate overnight, before removing the droplets by aspiration.
Finally, all cells in the culture dish were overlaid with 2 ml growth
medium. After 24 h of incubation at 21 C the cells were infected
with VHSV at a moi of 0.05 and incubated at 14 C.
At 6 days postinfection
the cells were fixed and stained with 10% crystal violet in
formaldehyde.