A hidden pitfall in the preparation of agar media undermines microorganism cultivability

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 80, Issue 24, 2014, Pages 7659-7666

  Tanaka, Tomohiro ^a   Kawasaki, Kosei ^b   Daimon, Serina ^a   Kitagawa, Wataru ^a,b   Yamamoto, Kyosuke ^b   Tamaki, Hideyuki ^b   Tanaka, Michiko ^a   Nakatsu, Cindy H ^a,c   Kamagata, Yoichi ^a,b  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; MICROORGANISMS; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); POLYSACCHARIDES;

COLONY COUNTS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLE; GROWTH INHIBITION; GROWTH MEDIUM; PURE CULTURE; SINGLE CLONE; SOLID GROWTH;

ALGAE;

AGAR; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CULTIVATION; GROWTH RATE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

GEMMATIMONAS AURANTIACA;

AGAR; CULTURE MEDIUM;

ADVERSE EFFECTS; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE MEDIUM; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEAT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY;

AGAR; BACTERIA; CULTURE MEDIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; HOT TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84917709090     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02741-14     Document Type: Article

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