Team:Paris Bettencourt/Notebook/VitaminB12

July

July 28th

  • Received Propionibacterium freudenreichii subsp. shermanii CIRM BIA1 from the INRA Rennes CIRM collection.
  • Made the following media:
    • MEA (waking lyophilized bacteria up), 1 L
      ProductQuantity
      BHI broth37 g
      Soja peptone5 g
      Yeast extract5 g
      Glucose3 g
      WaterFill to 1 L
    • YEL (propionibacteria growth medium), 1 L
      ProductQuantity
      Sodium lactate (60% syrup)21.4 g
      Tryptone10 g
      Yeast extract10 g
      K2HPO4, 3 H2O328 mg
      MnSO4, H2O56 mg
      WaterFill to 1 L

References

Biedendieck, R., Malten, M., Barg, H., Bunk, B., Martens, J. H., Deery, E., ... & Jahn, D. (2010). Metabolic engineering of cobalamin (vitamin B12) production in Bacillus megaterium. Microbial biotechnology, 3(1), 24-37.
B12 measurement: http://iioab.org/Vol2%282%292011/Karmi%20et%20al-IIOABJ-2%20%282%29-2011-23-32p.pdf