Key estimates
From Course Wiki
- Diameter of a droplet = 50 Microns
- Volume of a droplet = 50 pL (based on above estimate)
- Dimensions of E. coli = 1-2 Microns x 3-5 Microns
- Average E. coli weight = 5 * 10^-18 kg
- Polystyrene bead density = 1.05 g/cm^3 (used for calculating bead molarity)
- E. coli per droplet = 6 (based on a cell density of 10^8 cells/mL)