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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jun 25.
Published in final edited form as: Curr Protoc Microbiol. 2013 Feb;0 9:Unit–9C.2. doi: 10.1002/9780471729259.mc09c02s28

Table 4.

Chemically Defined Media for Growth of S. aureus Cultures.

Solution(s) Item Amount (g) Volume (ml) Solvent Sterilize
Salt Solution K2HPO4 70 1000 H2O Autoclave
KH2PO4 20
(NH4)2SO4 10
MgSO4⬆7H2O 25.6
Amino Acids Phe 1 250 1M NH4OH Autoclave
Iso 7.50E-01 250 1M NH4OH Autoclave
Tyr 1.25 250 1 N HCl Autoclave
Cys 5.00E-01 250 1 N HCl Autoclave
Glu 2.5 250 1 N HCl Autoclave
Lys 2.50E-01 250 1 N HCl Autoclave
Met 1.75 250 1 N HCl Autoclave
His 7.50E-01 250 1 N HCl Autoclave
Trp 2.50E-01 250 1 N HCl Autoclave
Leu 2.25 250 1 N HCl Autoclave
Asp 2.25 250 1 N HCl Autoclave
Arg 1.75 250 1 N HCl Autoclave
Ser 7.50E-01 250 dH2O Autoclave
Ala 1.5 250 dH2O Autoclave
Thr 7.50E-01 250 dH2O Autoclave
Gly 1.25 250 dH2O Autoclave
Val 2 250 dH2O Autoclave
Pro 2.50E-01 250 dH2O Autoclave
Bases★★ Adenine 1.25E-01 250 dH2O Autoclave
Cytosine 1.25E-01 250 dH2O Autoclave
Guanine 1.25E-01 250 dH2O Autoclave
Thymine 5.00E-01 250 dH2O Autoclave
Uracil 1.25E-01 250 dH2O Autoclave
Vitamin Solution Thiamine 1.00E-01 100 H2O Autoclave
Niacin 1.20E-01
Biotin 5.00E-04
Ca Pantothenate 2.50E-02
Trace Elements FeCl3 8.00E-01 100 H2O Filter Sterilize
ZnCl 6.95E-03
MnCl ⬆ 4H20 9.90E-03
Boric Acid 6.00E-04
CoCl2 ⬆ 6H20 3.97E-02
CuCl2 ⬆ 2H20 2.56E-04
NiCl2 ⬆ 6H20 2.38E-03
Na2MoO4 ⬆ 2H20 3.58E-03

Cystine not cysteine

★★

May need to heat or titrate using KOH to get into solution