DSMZ 354 . LÖWENSTEIN-JENSEN MEDIUM

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Selected strain: Mycobacterium senegalense DSM 43664

This strain uses the standard medium without modifications.


Growth conditions: 37 °C
Equipment needed:

Final pH: 7.0

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Compound Amount Unit
KH2PO4 2.50 g
MgSO4 0.24 g
Mg-citrate 0.60 g
L-Asparagin 3.60 g
Potato flour 30.00 g
Malachite green 0.40 g
Distilled water 600.00 ml
1 Addition:
Glycerol 12.00 ml
Fresh egg mixture
(yolk and whites, *)
1000.00 ml
2 pH 7.0
3 Sterilize medium for 30 min at 121°C, cool to 30°C and add fresh egg mixture carefully to the medium.
4 * You need for 1 l of egg mixture 20 - 25 fresh eggs (not older then 1 week). Clean the eggs, wipe away with 70% alcohol, open the eggs and homogenize the egg mixture carefully.