This strain uses the standard medium without modifications.
Compound | Amount | Unit | |||
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Clarified rumen fluid | 300.00 | ml | ||
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CaCl2 x 2 H2O | 0.12 | g | ||
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MgSO4 x 7 H2O | 0.18 | g | ||
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KH2PO4 | 0.45 | g | ||
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K2HPO4 | 0.45 | g | ||
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NaCl | 0.90 | g | ||
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(NH4)2SO4 | 0.90 | g | ||
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Sodium resazurin
(0.1% w/v) |
0.50 | ml | ||
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L-Cysteine HCl x H2O | 1.00 | g | ||
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Na2CO3 | 1.50 | g | ||
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D-Glucose | 2.00 | g | ||
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Distilled water | 700.00 | ml | ||
1 Dissolve ingredients (except cysteine, carbonate and glucose) and sparge medium with 100% CO2 gas for 30 - 45 min to make it anoxic. Add cysteine and adjust pH with KOH to 6.5. Distribute medium under 100% CO2 gas atmosphere into anoxic Hungate-type tubes or serum vials and autoclave. Therafter, add glucose from an anoxic stock solution prepared under 100% N2 gas atmosphere and sterilized by filtration and carbonate from a sterile anoxic stock solution prepared under 80% N2 and 20% CO2 gas atmosphere. Final pH of the medium should be 6.7 - 7.0. |
1 Rumen fluid from cow or sheep (obtained from fistulated animals or abattoir refuse) is filtered through muslin, autoclaved at 121°C for 15 min and then centrifuged at 27,000 g for 20 min. The supernatant is made anoxic by sparging with 100% N2 gas for 15 min, dispensed under same gas atmosphere into anoxic serum vials to 30% of volume and then stored frozen at -20°C. |