sna_5

CultureMech:000412 bacterial COMPLEX SOLID_AGAR
Original name: SNA/5

Overview

External ontology
mediadive.medium:C97 (source link unavailable) — SNA/5
Applications
  • Microbial cultivation
Synonyms
  • {'name': 'sna', 'source': 'MediaDive', 'source_id': 'mediadive.medium:C95', 'original_category': 'bacterial'}
Notes
Source: CCAP | Link: https://www.ccap.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/MR_SNA5.pdf Commercial Product: Nutrient Agar Supplier: Multiple suppliers (TM Media, BD, Sigma-Aldrich, HiMedia) Catalog: TM Media, BD 213000 Source: https://microbenotes.com/nutrient-agar/ Accessed: 2026-03-28 Constituent composition researched from product specification.

Composition

flowchart LR
    CultureMech_000412["sna_5"]
    ing0_Peptone["Peptone"]
    CultureMech_000412 --> ing0_Peptone
    ing1_Yeast_extract["Yeast extract"]
    CultureMech_000412 --> ing1_Yeast_extract
    ing2_Beef_extract["Beef extract"]
    CultureMech_000412 --> ing2_Beef_extract
    ing3_Sodium_chloride["Sodium chloride"]
    CultureMech_000412 --> ing3_Sodium_chloride
    CHEBI_26710["CHEBI:26710"]
    ing3_Sodium_chloride -.-> CHEBI_26710
    ing4_Agar["Agar"]
    CultureMech_000412 --> ing4_Agar
    CHEBI_2509["CHEBI:2509"]
    ing4_Agar -.-> CHEBI_2509
    ing5_Natural_sea_water["Natural sea water"]
    CultureMech_000412 --> ing5_Natural_sea_water

Ingredients (6)

# Ingredient Concentration Ontology Notes
1 Peptone
Multiple suppliers (TM Media, BD, Sigma-Aldrich, HiMedia) Nutrient Agar TM Media, BD 213000
5.0 G_PER_L MICRO:0000178 (source link unavailable)
peptone
Enzymatic digest of protein, provides nitrogen, amino acids, and peptides; Constituent of Nutrient Agar commercial product
2 Yeast extract
Multiple suppliers (TM Media, BD, Sigma-Aldrich, HiMedia) Nutrient Agar TM Media, BD 213000
1.5 G_PER_L FOODON:03315426
yeast extract
Provides B-complex vitamins and additional nutrients; Constituent of Nutrient Agar commercial product
3 Beef extract
Multiple suppliers (TM Media, BD, Sigma-Aldrich, HiMedia) Nutrient Agar TM Media, BD 213000
1.5 G_PER_L FOODON:03302088
beef extract
Aqueous extract of beef tissue, provides organic compounds and minerals; Constituent of Nutrient Agar commercial product
4 Sodium chloride
Cl.Na 58.443 g/mol
Multiple suppliers (TM Media, BD, Sigma-Aldrich, HiMedia) Nutrient Agar TM Media, BD 213000
5.0 G_PER_L CHEBI:26710
sodium chloride
Maintains osmotic equilibrium; Constituent of Nutrient Agar commercial product
5 Agar
Multiple suppliers (TM Media, BD, Sigma-Aldrich, HiMedia) Nutrient Agar TM Media, BD 213000
15.0 G_PER_L CHEBI:2509
agar
Solidifying agent. Omit for Nutrient Broth (liquid variant); Constituent of Nutrient Agar commercial product
6 Natural sea water 500 G_PER_L

Preparation

  1. Make up to 1 litre with deionized water. Steam for 30 minutes, ensuring homogeneity, then dispense as required. Autoclave at 15 psi and slope (tubes) prior to cooling.
  2. Alternatively use "Ultramarine" Synthetica sea salts 17.5 g

Target organisms

No target organisms are recorded.

Provenance

Merged from 2 source records.

TimestampCuratorActionNotes
2026-01-26T17:53:19.799075Z mediadive-import Imported from MediaDive Source: CCAP, ID: C97
2026-03-13T06:18:55.026190Z culturemech-id-assigner-v1.0 Assigned CultureMech ID Assigned stable identifier: CultureMech:000412
2026-03-17T19:45:06.042780+00:00 normalize_media_names_to_snake_case.py NAME_NORMALIZED Normalized name from "SNA/5" to "sna_5" for consistent matching
2026-08-06T03:05:55.839901+00:00 recipe-merger Merged 2 duplicate recipes into canonical record Sources: sna, sna_5
2026-08-06T03:05:55.839938+00:00 merge_recipes.py MERGED_RECIPES merged 2 source recipe(s) on fingerprint a63033ae1787b4e41ee5a08f801a8fb9cb9bb14702d392c926973c4fdf9595fe