DSMZ 1479 . HALODESULFURIARCHAEUM MEDIUM

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Equipment needed: Autoclave Filter Hungate tubes

Final pH: n.d.

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ml
Compound Amount Unit
NaCl 240.0 g
K2HPO4 2.5 g
(NH4)2SO4 0.5 g
HEPES 10.0 g
Trace element solution 1.0 ml
Sulfur powder 2.0 g
Distilled water 1000.0 ml
1 Prepare the liquid medium. Dispense the medium into Hungate tubes or serum bottles under gassing with N2. Steam medium for 3h on each of 3 successive days. Before inoculation add from sterile stock solutions:
MgCl2 x 6 H2O 3.0 mM
NaHCO3 5.0 mM
Sodium formate 50.0 mM
Yeast extract 0.2 g/l
Vitamin mix (pfennig & Lippert,1966) 1.0 ml
Disodium sulfide
(1M filter sterilized stock)
1.0 mM

Trace element solution #

1000
Compound Amount Unit
EDTA 5.00 g
FeSO4 x 7 H2O 2.00 g
ZnSO4 0.10 g
MnCl2 0.03 g
H3BO3 0.30 g
CoCl2 x 6 H2O 0.20 g
CuCl2 x 5 H2O 0.01 g
NiCl2 x 6 H2O 0.02 g
Na2MoO4 x 2 H2O 0.02 g
Distilled water 1000.00 ml
1 Adjust pH to 3.0-4.0 with HCl.
2 Autoclave at 121 °C for 15 min.
3 Note: autoclave in closed bottles

Vitamin mix (pfennig & Lippert,1966) #

400
1 1: acidic solution (HCl, pH3; 100ml)
Compound Amount Unit
Thiamin 5.0 mg
Calcium pantothenate 5.0 mg
2 2: basic solution (100ml 0.1N NaOH)
Biotin 2.0 mg
PABA
(p-aminobenzoic acid)
5.0 mg
Nicotinic acid 5.0 mg
Pyridoxine 10.0 mg
3 3: Neutral solution in 100 ml demi water
Folic acid 2.0 mg
Riboflavin 5.0 mg
4 4: neutral solution in 100 ml demi water
B12 0.5 mg
5 Sterilize by filtration.
6 Mix 1:1:1:1 just after addition or add separatlely, each 1ml/L.