Media for culture of Aspergillus nidulans are described in a variety of sources.
One authoratitive source is :Barratt et al., 1965 Genetics 52:233-246
Examples from this work commonly used at the FGSC and are described below.
per liter NaNO3 6.0 gm KC1 0.52 gm MgSO4. 7H20 0.52 gm KH2PO4 1.52 gm Adjust pH to ca 6.5 (usually requires 1 ml of 1 N NaOH) (Note: If large quantities of minimal are to be used a 2OX stock solution of the above salts can be prepared.) glucose (dextrose) 10.0 gms 2 ml of Hutner's trace elements For agar add 15.0 gms Difco Agar
H20 100 ml ZnSO4-7H20 2.2 gm H3BO3 1.1 gm MnCl2-4H20 0.5 gm FeSO4-7H20 0.5 gm CoCl2-6H20 0.16 gm CuS04-5H20 0.16 gm (NH4)M07024-4H20 0.11 gm EDTA* 5.0 gmTo prepare trace elements: Heat to boiling, cool to 60 C, add KOH adjusting pH to 6.5-6.8. Sol'n goes to deep purple after standing for several days. If in titrating pH, pH exceeds 7.0 discard and start over.
A Complete medium glucose 2.5% yeast extract 0.5% agar 1.5% Another Complete medium Difco malt extract 2% Bacto-peptone 1% glucose 2% agar 2%A third alternative is to use Neurospora Complete medium.
Finally, to convert minimal to complete add the following per liter of
minimal.
Difco Bacto peptone 4.0 gm Difco Bacto yeast extract 2.0 gm. N-Z-case (Borden, enzyme hydrolyzed casein)2.0 gm vitamin solution* 2.0 ml hydrolyzed nucleic acid 6.0 ml
per 100 ml H20 Biotin 0.01 gm pyridoxinHCl 0.01 gm thiamineHCL 0.01 gm riboflavin 0.01 gm paba 0.01 gm nicotinic acid (or niacin) 0.01 gmStore in dark; sterilize by autoclave or better yet by adding a few drops of chloroform.
ribo, ad, meth and phen may require appropriate
supplementation)
Cultures are incubated at 37'C.
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