Modified DSMZ 640 medium [29 (
link)], and a defined variant of this medium that lacks yeast extract and casein [7 (
link)], has been described for the growth of
C. bescii. For liquid media, a 1 % inoculum was used and cells were grown for 16–20 h at 75 °C, unless otherwise specified.
Initial liquid growth media contained sulfide and were prepared with mineral solution [8 (
link)], trace element solution SL-10 [26 ], vitamin solution [28 (
link)], 19 amino acid solution [1 (
link)], 0.25 mg/l resazurin, 2.4 mM KH
2PO
4, and 5 g/l maltose. The media were prepared aerobically, 2 g/l NaHCO
3 was added, and the mixture was reduced using 3 g/l cysteine HCl and either 1 g/l Na
2S (as used previously), 0.5 g/l Na
2S or no Na
2S. The pH was adjusted to 6.8, and the media were aliquoted into serum bottles, sealed, and degassed by four cycles of vacuum and argon. The final pH after degassing was 7.2. Wild-type
C. bescii was inoculated into 50-ml cultures and culture density was compared after 12 and 24 h of growth. Liquid growth media without sulfide were prepared with mineral solution [8 (
link)], trace element solution SL-10 [26 ], vitamin solution [28 (
link)], 0.25 mg/l resazurin, 2.4 mM KH
2PO
4, and 5 g/l maltose. In separate batches, the media were prepared with 19 amino acid solution [1 (
link)], 0.05 % (w/v) casein hydrolysate, or both. The media were prepared aerobically, 2 g/l NaHCO
3 was added, and the mixture was reduced using 3 g/l cysteine HCl. The pH was adjusted to 6.8, and the media were aliquoted into serum bottles, sealed, and degassed by four cycles of vacuum and argon. The final pH after degassing was 7.2. Wild-type
C. bescii was inoculated into 50-ml cultures and culture density was compared after 12 and 24 h of growth. Liquid growth media without sulfide, casein, or amino acids but varying the phosphate concentrations, were prepared with a modified mineral solution (containing 0.14 g/l CaCl
2 × 2H
2O but the same amounts of other salts), trace element solution SL-10 [26 ], vitamin solution [28 (
link)], 0.25 mg/l resazurin, and 5 g/l maltose. These media were prepared with 2.4 mM, 1 mM, 100 μM, 10 μM, 1 μM, or no KH
2PO
4. The media were prepared aerobically, 2 g/l NaHCO
3 was added, and the mixture was reduced using 3 g/l cysteine HCl. The pH was adjusted to 6.8, and the media was aliquoted into serum bottles, sealed, and degassed by four cycles of vacuum and argon. The final pH after degassing was 7.2. Wild-type
C. bescii was inoculated into 50-ml cultures and culture density was compared after 12 and 24 h of growth. Liquid growth media without sulfide, casein, or amino acids, with phosphate reduced to 10 μM were prepared with a modified mineral solution (containing 0.14 g/l CaCl
2 × 2H
2O but the same amounts of other salts), trace element solution SL-10 [26 ], vitamin solution [28 (
link)], 0.25 mg/l resazurin, 100 μM KH
2PO
4, and 5 g/l maltose. The media were prepared aerobically, 2 g/l NaHCO
3 was added, and the mixture was reduced using 3 g/l cysteine HCl. In a separate batch, 1 g/l NaHCO
3 was added, and the mixture was reduced using 1 g/l cysteine HCl. The pH was adjusted to 6.8, and the media were aliquoted into serum bottles, sealed, and degassed by four cycles of vacuum and argon. The final pH after degassing was 7.2. Wild-type
C. bescii was inoculated into 50-ml cultures and culture density was compared after 12 and 24 h of growth.
LOD and LOC media were prepared from filter sterilized stock solutions. The 50× CbeI partial base salt solution contains 16.5 g of MgCl
2, 16.5 g of KCl, 12.5 g of NH
4Cl, 7 g of CaCl
2 × 2H
2O, and 0.68 g of KH
2PO
4 per liter. The 1,0009 trace element SL-10 is prepared as described [26 ], and the vitamin solution is prepared as described previously [28 (
link)], except concentrated to 2000×. Resazurin is dissolved in water to a concentration of 5 mg/ml. Uracil is dissolved in water to a concentration of 20 mM. Maltose, yeast extract, and casein hydrolysate are dissolved in water to a concentration of 10 % (w/v). LOD liquid medium contains 1× CbeI partial base salts, 1× trace minerals, 1× vitamins, 0.25 mg/l resazurin, and 5 g/l maltose, and when necessary, 40 μM uracil. Biomass media contain all these components, except that maltose is omitted, and biomass is added prior to bottling, to a concentration of 5 g/l. Transformation media contain all the same components as defined media, with the addition of 19 amino acid solution. LOC medium contains all the same components as LOD medium, with the addition of 1 g/l yeast extract and 2 g/l casein hydrolysate. Water used for preparing media was boiled and cooled to drive off dissolved oxygen. Media were reduced with 1 g/l cysteine HCl, buffered with 1 g/l, NaHCO
3, pH adjusted to 6.8 with 8 M NaOH, and degassed with argon. The final pH is 7.2. Solid media were prepared as described for liquid media, but the media was prepared as a 2× concentrate. This is added to an equal volume of 3 % agar solution (for a final 1.5 % agar) prior to pouring. Cells were either plated onto the solidified agar surface, then overlaid with 4 ml of 1.5 % agar, or suspended in the overlay and poured onto the plate surface.
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