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Main sol. 1132

Internal Solution-ID: S2271

Equipment needed: Hungate tubes
Compound Amount Unit Conc. [g/L] Conc. [mM]
MgSO4 x 7 H2O 1.00 g 1 4.057
CaCl2 x 2 H2O 0.20 g 0.2 1.36
KNO3 0.05 g 0.05 0.495
Trace element solution SL-10 1.00 ml - -
H2O 1000.00 ml - -
1 Dispense 5 ml aliquots into Hungate tubes. After autoclaving add the following components per liter:
Phosphate buffer
(pH 6.8)
2.00 ml - -
HEPES buffer
(pH 7.0, 2 M)
1.00 ml 0.477 2
Fe(III)NH4-EDTA
(4mg/ml)
1.00 ml - -
Methanol 0.30 ml 0.238 7.415
2 Adjust to pH 6.8.
3 Incubate in sealed containers. The strain held in the DSMZ has been cultivated on methanol, but the original publication indicates that the strain will also grow on methane.
1132 LC 2