DSMZ 817 . THERMOSPHAERA MEDIUM

Official DSMZ medium: This medium was manually curated by experts from the DSMZ.

Culture medium recipe

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Medium for Thermosphaera aggregans DSM 11486

This strain uses the standard medium without modifications.


Growth conditions: anaerobic 85 °C
Equipment needed: Filter Autoclave Hungate tubes Gassing station
Compound Amount Unit Conc. [g/L] Conc. [mM]
MgCl2 x 6 H2O 2.2 g 2.167 10.661
NaCl 0.9 g 0.887 15.173
KCl 17.0 mg 0.017 0.225
NH4Cl 12.0 mg 0.012 0.221
CaCl2 x 2 H2O
(0.1% w/v)
7.0 ml 0.007 0.047
K2HPO4 x 3 H2O
(0.1% w/v)
7.0 ml 0.007 0.04
FeCl3
(0.01% w/v in 0.2 N HCl)
0.5 ml 4.9e-5 3.0e-4
Yeast extract
(BD Bacto)
1.0 g 0.985 -
Peptone
(BD Bacto)
1.0 g 0.985 -
Sodium resazurin
(0.1% w/v)
0.5 ml 4.9e-4 0.002
Na2CO3 0.5 g 0.493 4.648
Wolin's vitamin solution (10x) 1.0 ml - -
Na2S x 9 H2O 0.5 g 0.493 2.051
Distilled water 1000.0 ml - -
1 Dissolve ingredients except carbonate, vitamins and sulfide. Sparge medium with 80% N2 and 20% CO2 gas mixture for 30 - 45 min to make it anoxic, then dispense under same gas atmosphere into anoxic Hungate-type tubes or serum vials to 30% of their volume and autoclave. Add vitamins and sulfide from sterile anoxic stock solutions prepared under 100% N2 gas and carbonate from a sterile anoxic stock solution prepared under 80% N2 and 20% CO2 gas atmosphere. Vitamins should be sterilized by filtration. The pH of the complete medium should be adjusted to 6.5.
2 After inoculation pressurize tubes or bottles (heavy walled) to 2 bar overpressure with sterile 80% N2 and 20% CO2 gas mixture.
Solution occurs in 305 other media (first defined in Medium 120).
Compound Amount Unit Conc. [g/L] Conc. [mM]
Biotin 20 mg 0.02 0.082
Folic acid 20 mg 0.02 0.045
Pyridoxine hydrochloride 100 mg 0.1 0.486
Thiamine HCl 50 mg 0.05 0.148
Riboflavin 50 mg 0.05 0.133
Nicotinic acid 50 mg 0.05 0.406
Calcium D-(+)-pantothenate 50 mg 0.05 0.21
Vitamin B12 1 mg 1.0e-3 7.4e-4
p-Aminobenzoic acid 50 mg 0.05 0.365
(DL)-alpha-Lipoic acid 50 mg 0.05 0.242
Distilled water 1000 ml - -

Metadata

Last modified: 27.10.22
Source: DSMZ
Taxonomic range:  Archaea
Medium type: Complex medium
Final pH: 6.5
Equipment needed: Autoclave, Filter, Gassing station, Hungate tubes
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Gas composition

  • 80 % N2
  • 20 % CO2

Detailed instructions for the cultivation of anaerobes including important warnings can be found in the cultivation instructions .

Associated strains

All strains for this medium: 1
Thermosphaera aggregans DSM 11486

No modifications necessary for this strain.

Molecular composition

Compound Conc. [g/L] Conc. [mM]
MgCl2 x 6 H2O 2.167 10.661
Yeast extract 0.985 -
Peptone 0.985 -
NaCl 0.887 15.173
Na2CO3 0.493 4.648
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Cultivation metadata from 1 strains BacDive

pH 4 - 6 1 strain
pH 6 - 8 1 strain
phyla 1 1 strain
nutrition heterotroph 1 strain
oxygen anaerobe 1 strain
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