freshwater_iron_oxidizing_bacteria_medium

CultureMech:002974 bacterial DEFINED SOLID_AGAR
Original name: FRESHWATER IRON-OXIDIZING BACTERIA MEDIUM

Overview

External ontology
mediadive.medium:J628 (source link unavailable) — FRESHWATER IRON-OXIDIZING BACTERIA MEDIUM
Applications
  • Microbial cultivation
pH
6.2
Notes
Source: JCM | Link: https://www.jcm.riken.jp/cgi-bin/jcm/jcm_grmd?GRMD=628

Composition

flowchart LR
    CultureMech_002974["freshwater_iron_oxidizing_bacteria_medium"]
    ing0_Agarose["Agarose"]
    CultureMech_002974 --> ing0_Agarose
    CHEBI_2511["CHEBI:2511"]
    ing0_Agarose -.-> CHEBI_2511
    ing1_Trace_minerals__see_Medium_No__197["Trace minerals (see Medium No. 197"]
    CultureMech_002974 --> ing1_Trace_minerals__see_Medium_No__197
    ing2_MES["MES"]
    CultureMech_002974 --> ing2_MES
    CHEBI_39010["CHEBI:39010"]
    ing2_MES -.-> CHEBI_39010
    ing3_NaHCO3["NaHCO3"]
    CultureMech_002974 --> ing3_NaHCO3
    CHEBI_32139["CHEBI:32139"]
    ing3_NaHCO3 -.-> CHEBI_32139
    ing4_FeSO4_x_7_H2O["FeSO4 x 7 H2O"]
    CultureMech_002974 --> ing4_FeSO4_x_7_H2O
    CHEBI_75836["CHEBI:75836"]
    ing4_FeSO4_x_7_H2O -.-> CHEBI_75836
    ing5_Na2S_x_9_H2O["Na2S x 9 H2O"]
    CultureMech_002974 --> ing5_Na2S_x_9_H2O
    CHEBI_76209["CHEBI:76209"]
    ing5_Na2S_x_9_H2O -.-> CHEBI_76209
    ing6_NH4Cl["NH4Cl"]
    CultureMech_002974 --> ing6_NH4Cl
    CHEBI_31206["CHEBI:31206"]
    ing6_NH4Cl -.-> CHEBI_31206
    ing7_MgSO4_x_7_H2O["MgSO4 x 7 H2O"]
    CultureMech_002974 --> ing7_MgSO4_x_7_H2O
    CHEBI_31795["CHEBI:31795"]
    ing7_MgSO4_x_7_H2O -.-> CHEBI_31795
    ing8_CaCl2_x_2_H2O["CaCl2 x 2 H2O"]
    CultureMech_002974 --> ing8_CaCl2_x_2_H2O
    CHEBI_86158["CHEBI:86158"]
    ing8_CaCl2_x_2_H2O -.-> CHEBI_86158
    ing9_KH2PO4["KH2PO4"]
    CultureMech_002974 --> ing9_KH2PO4
    CHEBI_63036["CHEBI:63036"]
    ing9_KH2PO4 -.-> CHEBI_63036

Ingredients (10)

# Ingredient Concentration Ontology Notes
1 Agarose
(C12H18O9)n.C12H20O10 630.549 g/mol
11.48515 G_PER_L CHEBI:2511
agarose
[Merged 2 duplicates: 10.0, 1.48515]
2 Trace minerals (see Medium No. 197 1 G_PER_L
3 MES 1.93069 G_PER_L CHEBI:39010
MES
4 NaHCO3
CHO3.Na 84.006 g/mol
0.415842 G_PER_L CHEBI:32139
sodium hydrogencarbonate
5 FeSO4 x 7 H2O
Fe.7H2O.O4S 278.013 g/mol
154 G_PER_L CHEBI:75836
iron(2+) sulfate heptahydrate
6 Na2S x 9 H2O
9H2O.2Na.S 240.182 g/mol
132 G_PER_L CHEBI:76209
sodium sulfide nonahydrate
7 NH4Cl
Cl.H4N 53.492 g/mol
1 G_PER_L CHEBI:31206
ammonium chloride
8 MgSO4 x 7 H2O
7H2O.Mg.O4S 246.473 g/mol
0.2 G_PER_L CHEBI:31795
magnesium sulfate heptahydrate
9 CaCl2 x 2 H2O
Ca.2Cl.2H2O 147.014 g/mol
0.1 G_PER_L CHEBI:86158
calcium chloride dihydrate
10 KH2PO4
H2O4P.K 136.084 g/mol
0.05 G_PER_L CHEBI:63036
potassium dihydrogen phosphate

Preparation

  1. The culture medium consists of two layers to create opposing gradients of O2 and Fe(II). The top layer is the semisolid mineral salts medium and the bottom layer serves as the iron source.
  2. Adjust pH to 6.2.
  3. Autoclave both layer solutions. Shortly after autoclaving, pipette the bottom layer into each culture vessel (typically 0.75 ml in 10 ml glass vials, use pipette tips that have been cut to enlarge the opening). The bottom layer is allowed to cool for at least 30 min to ensure its solidification. Cool the top layer to 35 - 40C, add 1 ml Trace vitamins (see Medium No. 197) and adjust pH to 6.1 - 6.4 by bubbling with sterile CO2 gas. Slowly overlay the top layer onto the solidified bottom layer (3.75 ml in the 10 ml vial). Allow to solidify the top layer a minimum of 3 hr to a maximum of overnight. To inoculate, 10 �l of the inoculum is drown into a pipette tip and inject just above the bottom layer. Seal vials with butyl rubber stoppers and replace the gas phase with a N2-CO2-O2 (8:1:1, v/v) gas mixture.
  4. Prewarm distilled water at 50C in a beaker with a stir bar. While rapidly starring the water, add FeSO4 x 7H2O, followed immediately by Na2S x 9H2O. A thick black precipitate will form instantly. Stir continuously for 2 to 3 min. Remove the mixture to a narrow-mouthed glass bottle (500 ml) that can be tightly stopped. The bottle is filled to the top with distilled water and capped. Allow to settle for several hours, decant and replace the overlaying water. Repeat this procedure at least five times to wash the FeS precipitate. Check pH to be close to neutral. To stock the FeS solution, fill the bottle with distilled water and cap. Remove the overlaying water when prepare the bottom layer.

Target organisms

No target organisms are recorded.

Provenance

Merged from 1 source record.

TimestampCuratorActionNotes
2026-01-26T17:53:17.129708Z mediadive-import Imported from MediaDive Source: JCM, ID: J628
2026-03-13T03:09:13.560648Z data-quality-cleanup-v1.0 Data quality fixes Merged 1 duplicate ingredient(s)
2026-03-13T06:19:16.911181Z culturemech-id-assigner-v1.0 Assigned CultureMech ID Assigned stable identifier: CultureMech:002974
2026-03-17T06:30:20.000000Z mediaingredientmech-enrichment-v1.0 Added MediaIngredientMech links Linked ingredients to MediaIngredientMech identifiers
2026-03-17T19:45:30.528747+00:00 normalize_media_names_to_snake_case.py NAME_NORMALIZED Normalized name from "FRESHWATER IRON-OXIDIZING BACTERIA MEDIUM" to "freshwater_iron_oxidizing_bacteria_medium" for consistent matching
2026-06-05T07:41:05.461050+00:00 mim-legacy-to-chebi-migration-v1.0 Refreshed legacy MediaIngredientMech links to CHEBI keying Replaced 9 legacy mediaingredientmech_term link(s) with mediaingredientmech_chebi_term (id-safe: ingredient's own CHEBI + label). MIM deprecated the MediaIngredientMech:NNNNNN id scheme.
2026-06-10T07:46:58.798339+00:00 primary-term-label-canonicalization-v1.0 Canonicalized primary term label to OBO canonical (OAK) 2 primary term(s); ingredient name resolved by OAK sqlite:obo:chebi.
2026-08-06T03:05:35.629290+00:00 merge_recipes.py MERGED_RECIPES merged 1 source recipe(s) on fingerprint ab2f29b39390a8cb4235771e0c6fd0ec662ff6517cb2bdd65ef0f1315fb5df5d