acidic_glycerol_asparagine_agar_ph_5_0

CultureMech:009808 bacterial COMPLEX SOLID_AGAR
Original name: Acidic Glycerol-Asparagine Agar (pH 5.0)

Overview

External ontology
TOGO:M422 — Acidic Glycerol-Asparagine Agar (pH 5.0)
Applications
  • Microbial cultivation
pH
5.0
Notes
TOGO M422/JCM Medium 422 prepares Glycerol-Asparagine Agar (ISP-5) from TOGO M52/JCM Medium 60 and adjusts the complete medium to pH 5.0.

Composition

flowchart LR
    CultureMech_009808["acidic_glycerol_asparagine_agar_ph_5_0"]
    ing0_L_Asparagine["L-Asparagine"]
    CultureMech_009808 --> ing0_L_Asparagine
    CHEBI_17196["CHEBI:17196"]
    ing0_L_Asparagine -.-> CHEBI_17196
    ing1_Glycerol["Glycerol"]
    CultureMech_009808 --> ing1_Glycerol
    CHEBI_17754["CHEBI:17754"]
    ing1_Glycerol -.-> CHEBI_17754
    ing2_K2HPO4["K2HPO4"]
    CultureMech_009808 --> ing2_K2HPO4
    CHEBI_131527["CHEBI:131527"]
    ing2_K2HPO4 -.-> CHEBI_131527
    ing3_Agar["Agar"]
    CultureMech_009808 --> ing3_Agar
    CHEBI_2509["CHEBI:2509"]
    ing3_Agar -.-> CHEBI_2509
    ing4_Distilled_water["Distilled water"]
    CultureMech_009808 --> ing4_Distilled_water
    CHEBI_15377["CHEBI:15377"]
    ing4_Distilled_water -.-> CHEBI_15377

Ingredients (5)

# Ingredient Concentration Ontology Notes
1 L-Asparagine
C4H8N2O3 132.119 g/mol
1 G_PER_L CHEBI:17196
L-asparagine
TOGO M52 and JCM Medium 60 list this component for Glycerol-Asparagine Agar (ISP-5); TOGO M422 and JCM Medium 422 use the same formulation adjusted to pH 5.0.
2 Glycerol
C3H8O3 92.094 g/mol
10 G_PER_L CHEBI:17754
glycerol
TOGO M52 and JCM Medium 60 list this component for Glycerol-Asparagine Agar (ISP-5); TOGO M422 and JCM Medium 422 use the same formulation adjusted to pH 5.0.
3 K2HPO4
HO4P.2K 174.174 g/mol
1 G_PER_L CHEBI:131527
dipotassium hydrogen phosphate
TOGO M52 and JCM Medium 60 list this component for Glycerol-Asparagine Agar (ISP-5); TOGO M422 and JCM Medium 422 use the same formulation adjusted to pH 5.0.
4 Agar 15 G_PER_L CHEBI:2509
agar
TOGO M52 and JCM Medium 60 list this component for Glycerol-Asparagine Agar (ISP-5); TOGO M422 and JCM Medium 422 use the same formulation adjusted to pH 5.0.
5 Distilled water
H2O 18.015 g/mol
1000 ML_PER_L CHEBI:15377
water
TOGO M52 and JCM Medium 60 list this component for Glycerol-Asparagine Agar (ISP-5); TOGO M422 and JCM Medium 422 use the same formulation adjusted to pH 5.0.

Preparation

  1. Dissolve the Glycerol-Asparagine Agar components in distilled water, add 1 mL Trace salts solution, and bring the final volume to 1 L.
  2. Adjust the complete medium to pH 5.0.
  3. Autoclave at 121 C for 15 min.

Solutions

Trace salts solution

Dose: 1 ML_PER_L

Stock composition
IngredientConcentrationNotes
FeSO4 x 7 H2O 1 G_PER_L JCM Medium 60 prepares Trace salts solution from 0.1 g each FeSO4 x 7 H2O, MnCl2 x 4 H2O, and ZnSO4 x 7 H2O in 100 mL distilled water, then adds 1 mL stock per final liter.
MnCl2 x 4 H2O 1 G_PER_L JCM Medium 60 prepares Trace salts solution from 0.1 g each FeSO4 x 7 H2O, MnCl2 x 4 H2O, and ZnSO4 x 7 H2O in 100 mL distilled water, then adds 1 mL stock per final liter.
ZnSO4 x 7 H2O 1 G_PER_L JCM Medium 60 prepares Trace salts solution from 0.1 g each FeSO4 x 7 H2O, MnCl2 x 4 H2O, and ZnSO4 x 7 H2O in 100 mL distilled water, then adds 1 mL stock per final liter.
JCM Medium 60 prepares Trace salts solution from 0.1 g each FeSO4 x 7 H2O, MnCl2 x 4 H2O, and ZnSO4 x 7 H2O in 100 mL distilled water, then adds 1 mL stock per final liter.

Target organisms

No target organisms are recorded.

Provenance

TimestampCuratorActionNotes
2026-01-27T06:35:55.030454Z togo-import Imported from TOGO Medium Source: JCM, ID: M422
2026-03-09T08:05:04.537133+00:00 solution-migrator-v1.0 Migrated solutions from ingredients to solutions array Moved 1 solution(s) from ingredients
2026-03-13T06:20:09.042050Z culturemech-id-assigner-v1.0 Assigned CultureMech ID Assigned stable identifier: CultureMech:009808
2026-03-14T00:00:00+00:00 schema-defaulter-v1.0 Applied schema defaults and normalizations Added default solution name
2026-03-17T19:46:28.028520+00:00 normalize_media_names_to_snake_case.py NAME_NORMALIZED Normalized name from "Acidic Glycerol-Asparagine Agar (pH 5.0)" to "acidic_glycerol_asparagine_agar_ph_5_0" for consistent matching
2026-05-16T09:03:17.892962+00:00 migrate_legacy_fields.py MIGRATED_LEGACY_FIELDS curation_history.date->timestamp=1
2026-09-06T00:00:00-07:00 repair_jcm_ph_score40.py RESOLVED_JCM_PH_SCORE40_GRAPH TOGO M422/JCM Medium 422 prepares Glycerol-Asparagine Agar (ISP-5) from TOGO M52/JCM Medium 60 and adjusts the complete medium to pH 5.0.