TABLE 5.

Comparison of formulations for BM and BD standard aerobic media^a

Characteristic	Formulation for:
	BM medium	BD medium
Vol (ml)	40	40
Pancreatic digest of casein (% [wt/vol])	1.7
Pancreatic digest of soybean meal (% [wt/vol])	0.3
Soybean-casein digest broth (% [wt/vol])		3.0
Sodium polyanethole sulfonate (% [wt/vol])	0.035	0.025
Pyridoxine or pyridoxal HCl (% [wt/vol])	0.001	0.001
Other complex amino acids and carbohydrate substrates in purified water	As needed
Atmosphere	CO2 in oxygen under vacuum	CO2
Other proprietary adjustments		As needed
Yeast extract (% [wt/vol])		0.3
Animal tissue digest (% [wt/vol])		0.01
Sucrose (% [wt/vol])		0.1
Hemin (% [wt/vol])		0.0005
Menadione (% [wt/vol])		0.00005
Sodium bicarbonate (% [wt/vol])		0.04

^aMedium formulations derived from respective manufacturers’ package inserts.