Team:Brown-Stanford/Lab/Protocols/BG11
From 2011.igem.org
BG-11
(Taken from [http://microbiology.ucdavis.edu/meeks/BG11medium.html|UC Davis])
Stock solutions for BG-11
Stock 1: 0.1g/liter Na2MG EDTA 0.6g/liter Ferric ammonium citrate Citric acid•1H2O 0.6g/liter CaCl2•2H2O 3.6g/liter Filter sterilize into a sterile bottle or autoclave Stock 2: MgSO4•7H2O 7.5g/liter Filter sterilize into a sterile bottle or autoclave Stock 3: K2HPO4•3H2O 4.0g/liter or K2HPO4 3.05g/liter Filter sterilize into a sterile bottle or autoclave Stock 5 (Microelements): H3BO3 2.86g/liter MnCl2•4H2O 1.81g/liter ZnSO4•7H2O 0.222g/liter CuSO4•5H2O 0.079g/liter COCl2•6H2O 0.050g/liter NaMoO4•2H2O 0.391g/liter or MoO4 (85%) 0.018g/liter
B) For basic BG11 medium combine the following stock solutions:
Stock Solution Per Liter of medium
- 10 mL Stock 1
- 10 mL Stock 2
- 10 mL Stock 3
- 0.02 g Na2CO3
- 1.0 mL Stock 5
- 1.5 g NaNO3
Combine stocks and adjust pH to 7.5 (use 1.0N HCl). Aliquot into flasks (50 ml/125 ml flask) with cotton stoppers on top and autoclave. After autoclaving and cooling the pH is about 7.1. For solid media add 1% noble agar. For BG-11, don't add NaNO3.