DSMZ 142 . THIOMICROSPIRA PELOPHILA MEDIUM

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Equipment needed: Autoclave Filter Gassing station Hungate tubes

Final gas composition: 75 % N2 15 % CO2 10 % O2 read more

Final pH: 7.2

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ml
Compound Amount Unit
NaCl 25.00 g
(NH4)2SO4 1.00 g
MgSO4 x 7 H2O 1.50 g
CaCl2 x 2 H2O 0.42 g
Trace element solution (Vishniac & Santer, 1957) 0.20 ml
Bromothymol blue
(0.1% w/v)
4.00 ml
K2HPO4 0.50 g
Na2S2O3 x 5 H2O 5.00 g
Seven vitamins solution 1.00 ml
Distilled water 1000.00 ml
1 Dissolve ingredients (except hydrogenphosphate, thiosulfate and vitamins), adjust pH to 7.2 and autoclave. K2HPO4 and Na2S2O3 are autoclaved separately each in 10% of the final volume. Filter sterilize the vitamins solution. Adjust pH of the complete medium to 7.2 with sterile 0.4% (w/v) Na2CO3 solution. Acidification of the medium during growth causes the pH indicator bromothymol blue to turn from blue to yellow.
2 Note: Growth of most Thiomicrospira strains is more reliable if the medium is prepared under a 80% N2 and 20% CO2 gas atmosphere to make it anoxic and then filled under air atmosphere into Hungate-type tubes (5 ml per vial). The pH is adjusted with a sterile stock solution of Na2CO3 (5% w/v) after autoclaving.

Trace element solution (Vishniac & Santer, 1957) #

1000
Compound Amount Unit
Na2-EDTA 50.00 g
ZnSO4 x 7 H2O 22.00 g
CaCl2 x 2 H2O 5.54 g
MnCl2 x 4 H2O 5.06 g
FeSO4 x 7 H2O 5.00 g
(NH4)6Mo7O24 x 4 H2O 1.10 g
CuSO4 x 5 H2O 1.57 g
CoCl2 x 6 H2O 1.61 g
Distilled water 1000.00 ml
1 Dissolve EDTA in distilled water, adjust pH to 7 using 2 N KOH, then add remaining compounds. Adjust pH of final solution to 6.0 with KOH.