DSMZ 760 . MARINE THERMOCOCCUS MEDIUM

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Equipment needed: Anaerobic workbench Filter Hungate tubes

Final gas composition: 80 % N2 20 % CO2 read more

Final pH: n.d.

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ml
Compound Amount Unit
Medium 514 1000 ml
1 Prepare liquid Bacto Marine Broth (see medium 514) and filter through normal filter paper. An iron sediment will collect in the filter. Boil the medium in a water bath and cool under an anaerobic gas mixture (see strain dependant modifications).
2 Dispense the medium into Hungate tubes or serum bottles containing finely divided sulphur (0.5% w/v), seal the tubes or bottles under the same anaerobic gas used when cooling the medium. Sterilise the medium at 100°C for 3 hours on 3 consecutive days. Reduce the medium by adding 10% neutralised sodium sulphide to a final concentration of 0.05 %. The medium should not give a heavy black precipitate, if it does the iron sediment was not adequately removed by filtering in the initial stages and the medium should be made again, making sure that the iron is removed by filtering.

Main sol. 514 #

1000
Compound Amount Unit
Bacto peptone 5.00 g
Yeast extract
(Bacto )
1.00 g
Fe(III) citrate 0.10 g
NaCl 19.45 g
MgCl2
(anhydrous)
5.90 g
Na2SO4 3.24 g
CaCl2 1.80 g
KCl 0.55 g
NaHCO3 0.16 g
KBr 0.08 g
SrCl2 34.00 mg
H3BO3 22.00 mg
Na-silicate 4.00 mg
NaF 2.40 mg
(NH4)NO3 1.60 mg
Na2HPO4 8.00 mg
Distilled water 1000.00 ml
1 Final pH should be 7.6 ± 0.2 at 25°C. If using the complete medium from Difco add 37.40 g to 1 litre water.