Versatile solidified nanofibrous cellulose-containing media for growth of extremophiles.
Solidified media that employ a porous matrix of nanofibrous cellulose are described. The physicochemical stability of the porous structure allows the development of solidified media that can support the growth of extremophiles, such as acidophilic Acidiphilium, alkaliphilic Bacillus, thermophilic Geobacillus and Thermus, alkalithermophilic Bacillus, and acidothermophilic Sulfolobus microbes. The cellulose-supported media have several advantages over agar- and gellan gum-derived media, including versatility and stability.
Institute of Biogeosciences, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Natsushima-cho, Yokosuka, Japan.
Mikiko
M
Tsudome
Shigeru
S
Deguchi
Kaoru
K
Tsujii
Susumu
S
Ito
Koki
K
Horikoshi
D000143:Acids; D000468:Alkalies; D001431:Bacteriological Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D002482:Cellulose; D003470:Culture Media / Q000737:chemistry*; D006090:Gram-Negative Bacteria / Q000254:growth & development*; D006094:Gram-Positive Bacteria / Q000254:growth & development*; D006358:Hot Temperature; D049329:Nanostructures / Q000737:chemistry*; D016944:Sulfolobus / Q000254:growth & development*
D000143:Acids; D000468:Alkalies; D003470:Culture Media; D002482:Cellulose