Medium Preparation for the Cultivation of Microorganisms under Strictly Anaerobic/Anoxic Conditions
| Autor: | Andreas O, Wagner, Rudolf, Markt, Mira, Mutschlechner, Nina, Lackner, Eva M, Prem, Nadine, Praeg, Paul, Illmer |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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anaerobic digestion
Bacteriological Techniques General Immunology and Microbiology General Chemical Engineering General Neuroscience liquid sampling Fatty Acids Volatile Issue 150 Biochemistry Article anaerobic cultivation General Biochemistry Genetics and Molecular Biology Culture Media batch Bacteria Anaerobic Biofuels gas anaerobic resazurin biogas Anaerobiosis media preparation Methane |
| Zdroj: | Journal of visualized experiments : JoVE |
| ISSN: | 1940-087X |
| DOI: | 10.3791/60155-v |
| Popis: | In contrast to aerobic organisms, strictly anaerobic microorganisms require the absence of oxygen and usually a low redox potential to initiate growth. As oxygen is ubiquitous in air, retaining O2-free conditions during all steps of cultivation is challenging but a prerequisite for anaerobic culturing. The protocol presented here demonstrates the successful cultivation of an anaerobic mixed culture derived from a biogas plant using a simple and inexpensive method. A precise description of the entire anoxic culturing process is given including media preparation, filling of cultivation flasks, supplementation with redox indicator and reducing agents to provide low redox potentials as well as exchanging the headspace to keep media free from oxygen. Furthermore, a detailed overview of aseptically inoculating gas tight serum flasks (by using sterile syringes and needles) and suitable incubation conditions is provided. The present protocol further deals with gas and liquid sampling for subsequent analyses regarding gas composition and volatile fatty acid concentrations using gas chromatography (GC) and high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), respectively, and the calculation of biogas and methane yield considering the ideal gas law. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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