Overview
- External ontology
- TOGO:M1965 — Brain Heart Infusion + 2% NaCl
- Applications
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- Microbial cultivation
- Synonyms
-
- {'name': '1_10_brain_heart_infusion_medium_bhi', 'source': 'TOGO', 'source_id': 'TOGO:M2070', 'original_category': 'bacterial'}
- {'name': '1_5_brain_heart_infusion', 'source': 'TOGO', 'source_id': 'TOGO:M1897', 'original_category': 'bacterial'}
- {'name': 'brain_heart_infusion', 'source': 'TOGO', 'source_id': 'TOGO:M1473', 'original_category': 'bacterial'}
- Notes
- Source: https://togomedium.org/medium/M1965 Original source: NBRC - NBRC_M1243 Original URL: https://www.nite.go.jp/nbrc/catalogue/NBRCMediumDetailServlet?NO=1243 Commercial Product: Brain Heart Infusion Supplier: Difco/BD Catalog: 237500 Source: https://microbenotes.com/brain-heart-infusion-bhi-agar/ Accessed: 2026-03-28 Constituent composition researched from product specification.
Composition
flowchart LR
CultureMech_008546["brain_heart_infusion_2_nacl"]
ing0_Distilled_water["Distilled water"]
CultureMech_008546 --> ing0_Distilled_water
CHEBI_15377["CHEBI:15377"]
ing0_Distilled_water -.-> CHEBI_15377
ing1_NaCl["NaCl"]
CultureMech_008546 --> ing1_NaCl
CHEBI_26710["CHEBI:26710"]
ing1_NaCl -.-> CHEBI_26710
ing2_Agar__if_needed_["Agar (if needed)"]
CultureMech_008546 --> ing2_Agar__if_needed_
ing3_Calf_brains["Calf brains"]
CultureMech_008546 --> ing3_Calf_brains
ing4_Beef_heart["Beef heart"]
CultureMech_008546 --> ing4_Beef_heart
ing5_Proteose_peptone["Proteose peptone"]
CultureMech_008546 --> ing5_Proteose_peptone
ing6_Dextrose["Dextrose"]
CultureMech_008546 --> ing6_Dextrose
CHEBI_17634["CHEBI:17634"]
ing6_Dextrose -.-> CHEBI_17634
ing7_Sodium_chloride["Sodium chloride"]
CultureMech_008546 --> ing7_Sodium_chloride
ing7_Sodium_chloride -.-> CHEBI_26710
ing8_Disodium_phosphate["Disodium phosphate"]
CultureMech_008546 --> ing8_Disodium_phosphate
CHEBI_34683["CHEBI:34683"]
ing8_Disodium_phosphate -.-> CHEBI_34683
Ingredients (9)
| # | Ingredient | Concentration | Ontology | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Distilled water
H2O 18.015 g/mol
|
1 G_PER_L |
CHEBI:15377
water
|
Role: Solvating media; Properties: Defined component, Inorganic compound, Simple component |
| 2 |
NaCl
Cl.Na 58.443 g/mol
|
20 G_PER_L |
CHEBI:26710
sodium chloride
|
Role: Mineral source; Properties: Defined component, Simple component, Inorganic compound |
| 3 | Agar (if needed) | 15 G_PER_L | Role: Solidifying component | |
| 4 |
Calf brains
Difco/BD Brain Heart Infusion 237500
|
variable VARIABLE |
UBERON:0000955
brain
|
infusion from 200 g/L; Tissue infusion - source material is calf brain tissue; Constituent of Brain Heart Infusion commercial product |
| 5 |
Beef heart
Difco/BD Brain Heart Infusion 237500
|
variable VARIABLE |
UBERON:0000948
heart
|
infusion from 250 g/L; Tissue infusion - source material is beef/ox heart tissue; Constituent of Brain Heart Infusion commercial product |
| 6 |
Proteose peptone
Difco/BD Brain Heart Infusion 237500
|
10.0 G_PER_L |
MICRO:0000180 (source link unavailable)
proteose peptone
|
Enzymatic digest of animal protein providing amino acids and peptides; Constituent of Brain Heart Infusion commercial product |
| 7 |
Dextrose
C6H12O6 180.156 g/mol
Difco/BD Brain Heart Infusion 237500
|
2.0 G_PER_L |
CHEBI:17634
D-glucose
|
Carbon/energy source; Constituent of Brain Heart Infusion commercial product |
| 8 |
Sodium chloride
Cl.Na 58.443 g/mol
Difco/BD Brain Heart Infusion 237500
|
5.0 G_PER_L |
CHEBI:26710
sodium chloride
|
Maintains osmotic equilibrium; Constituent of Brain Heart Infusion commercial product |
| 9 |
Disodium phosphate
HO4P.2Na 141.958 g/mol
Difco/BD Brain Heart Infusion 237500
|
2.5 G_PER_L |
CHEBI:34683
disodium hydrogenphosphate
|
pH buffer (final pH 7.4 ± 0.2); Constituent of Brain Heart Infusion commercial product |
Target organisms
No target organisms are recorded.
Provenance
Merged from 4 source records.
- 1_10_brain_heart_infusion_medium_bhi (CultureMech:008659)
- 1_5_brain_heart_infusion (CultureMech:008472)
- brain_heart_infusion (CultureMech:008016)
- brain_heart_infusion_2_nacl (CultureMech:008546)
| Timestamp | Curator | Action | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-27T06:35:58.754754Z | togo-import | Imported from TOGO Medium | Source: NBRC, ID: M1965 |
| 2026-01-28T19:48:20.528997Z | chebi-enrichment | Added CHEBI ontology terms to ingredients | Enriched using MicrobeMediaParam and MediaDive chemical mappings |
| 2026-03-13T06:19:57.925472Z | culturemech-id-assigner-v1.0 | Assigned CultureMech ID | Assigned stable identifier: CultureMech:008546 |
| 2026-03-17T06:30:09.000000Z | mediaingredientmech-enrichment-v1.0 | Added MediaIngredientMech links | Linked ingredients to MediaIngredientMech identifiers |
| 2026-03-17T19:46:16.551434+00:00 | normalize_media_names_to_snake_case.py | NAME_NORMALIZED | Normalized name from "Brain Heart Infusion + 2% NaCl" to "brain_heart_infusion_2_nacl" for consistent matching |
| 2026-06-05T07:40:51.383070+00:00 | mim-legacy-to-chebi-migration-v1.0 | Refreshed legacy MediaIngredientMech links to CHEBI keying | Replaced 2 legacy mediaingredientmech_term link(s) with mediaingredientmech_chebi_term (id-safe: ingredient's own CHEBI + label). MIM deprecated the MediaIngredientMech:NNNNNN id scheme. |
| 2026-08-06T03:04:33.414632+00:00 | recipe-merger | Merged 4 duplicate recipes into canonical record | Sources: 1_10_brain_heart_infusion_medium_bhi, 1_5_brain_heart_infusion, brain_heart_infusion, brain_heart_infusion_2_nacl |
| 2026-08-06T03:04:33.414690+00:00 | merge_recipes.py | MERGED_RECIPES | merged 4 source recipe(s) on fingerprint 7f2ed13ceaece22351080426ee85921d70b89280ca13054fd513287793e20035 |