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Artificial seawater

Internal Solution-ID: S5211

This solution is used in 3 media and was first defined in medium J1118.

Equipment needed: Filter
Compound Amount Unit Conc. [g/L] Conc. [mM]
NaCl 26.30 g 26.3 450.034
CaCl2 x 2 H2O 1.54 g 1.54 10.475
KBr 0.10 g 0.1 0.84
KF 4.00 mg 0.004 0.014
KCl 0.70 g 0.7 9.39
H3BO3 30.00 mg 0.03 0.485
MgSO4 x 7 H2O 7.00 g 7 28.4
KHCO3 0.24 g 0.24 2.397
SrCl2 x 6 H2O 17.00 mg 0.017 0.064
MgCl2 x 6 H2O 5.20 g 5.2 25.578
Distilled water 1000.00 ml - -
1 Artificial seawater can be replaced with natural seawater. In this case, filtrate seawater (pore size, 02 �m) and boil. After cooling, filtrate again (pore size, 0.45 �m).
J1118 SULFURIMONAS JS MEDIUM
J1119 SULFURIMONAS TB MEDIUM
J1120 ETHANE-C MEDIUM