Chapter title |
Methods for Culturing Anaerobic Microorganisms.
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Chapter number | 14 |
Book title |
Oxygen Sensing
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Published in |
Methods in molecular biology, January 2023
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DOI | 10.1007/978-1-0716-3080-8_14 |
Pubmed ID | |
Book ISBNs |
978-1-07-163079-2, 978-1-07-163080-8
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Authors |
Santiago-Martínez, Michel Geovanni, Ferry, James Gregory |
Abstract |
Anaerobic microorganisms (anaerobes) proliferate in diverse oxygen-free environments. They inhabit Earth's soils and aquatic sediments, the rumen and gut of mammals, and the gut of insects among many other oxygen-free environments. Anaerobes impact biotechnological, biomedical, ecological, and astrobiological fields. Sensitivity to oxygen is of prime consideration for successful culturing which is essential to understand function. Although cultivated for many years, the protocols and media components have been modified and adapted to the special needs of species, as well as conditions and variables for experimental evaluations. Here we describe a revised method used in our laboratories for the growth of methane-producing anaerobes (methanogenic archaea) which are among the most oxygen sensitive. The method is an example for the preparation of more specific media to cultivate a wide diversity of anaerobes. |
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