# 712: PSEUDOBUTYRIVIBRIO MEDIUM ## Main sol. 712 0.23 g K2HPO4 0.23 g KH2PO4 0.45 g NaCl 0.45 g (NH4)2SO4 0.06 g CaCl2 x 2 H2O 0.09 g MgSO4 x 7 H2O 5 g Yeast extract 5 mg Indigocarmine 6.4 g NaHCO3 5 g D-Glucose 1 ml **Wolin's vitamin solution (10x)** 0.3 g L-Cysteine HCl x H2O 0.3 g Na2S x 9 H2O 1000 ml Distilled water 1. Dissolve ingredients (except bicarbonate, vitamins, glucose, cysteine and sulfide), then sparge medium with 100% CO2 gas for 30 - 45 min to make it anoxic. Add the bicarbonate and equilibrate the medium with the CO2 gas to pH 6.8. Distribute medium under CO2 gas atmosphere into anoxic Hungate-type tubes or serum vials and autoclave. Thereafter, add vitamins, glucose, cysteine and sulfide from sterile anoxic stock solutions prepared under 100% N2 gas. Vitamins are sterilized by filtration. Adjust pH of complete medium to 6.7 - 6.8, if necessary. ## Wolin's vitamin solution (10x) 20 mg Biotin 20 mg Folic acid 100 mg Pyridoxine hydrochloride 50 mg Thiamine HCl 50 mg Riboflavin 50 mg Nicotinic acid 50 mg Calcium D-(+)-pantothenate 1 mg Vitamin B12 50 mg p-Aminobenzoic acid 50 mg (DL)-alpha-Lipoic acid 1000 ml Distilled water