Soilwater: GR+ Medium

UTEX sells Soilwater: GR+ Medium at 1X concentration only. Stock solutions and individual components for this specific medium are currently not available for purchase.

Soilwater: GR+ Medium

Freshwater Medium

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$ 55.00

Deadline to place an order for Soilwater: GR+ Medium with a 2024 shipment date:
Dec 11, 2024 at 5:00 PM CST

Soilwater: GR+ Medium

The basic garden-type soilwater; includes a pinch of CaCO₃, which is added to the soil and water prior to steaming; suitable for most phototrophic freshwater algae. Optional ingredients: add Vitamin B₁₂ to cultures of Volvox; a pinch of NH₄MgPO₄•6H₂O added to soilwater cultures of Botryococcus, Synechococcus and some Euglenoids enhances growth and to LB 826 Gonium pectorale increases the numbers of 16-celled colonies formed.

Directions

For 200 mL Total

Combine components.
Cover the medium container and steam for 2 consecutive days, 3 hours on each day. Pasteurization is a gradual rising of temperature to approximately 95 °C in 15 minutes. Then increased just over 98 °C for the 3 hour duration. Cooling occurs gradually at room temperature.
Refrigerate 24 hours or more and bring to room temperature before use.

#	Component	Amount	Final Concentration
1	Green House Soil	1 tsp
2	CaCO₃ (optional) (Fisher C 64)	1 mg	0.05 mM
3	dH₂O	200 mL

Soilwater: GR+ Medium Recipe PDF

Safety Data Sheet (SDS)

FAQs:Algal Culture Media

Important Notes To Consider:

The quality of water, including natural seawater, is important. The term 'dH₂O' generally refers to distilled, deionized, distilled/deionized water, Milli-Q water (Millipore Corp.), etc. Natural seawater and natural freshwater should be obtained from a non-polluted source.
When dissolving chemicals, wait for the first component to dissolve before adding the second. Stirring, and sometimes the addition of heat, is often required to dissolve the chemicals efficiently. Preparation of stock solutions for frequently made algal culture media make preparing media convenient but also necessary to avoid errors from weighing very tiny amounts.
Attention should be given to the pH of the final medium. In most cases, if pH adjustment is required, this occurs before sterilization. Please note that autoclaving removes carbon dioxide from media lacking carbonate stabilizing buffers. This would make the medium very alkaline soon after removal from the autoclave. In these cases, you should wait approximately 24 hours for gaseous equilibrium before inoculating the medium.