Medium: 

A-M7

 Composition: 

Preparation of solidified medium M

-Stock solution (%) M7 (ml) 3
KNO3110
MgSO47H2O0.110
(NH4)2 HPO40.25
CaSO4satured solution10
Soil extract 1-20
Sphagnum extract 2-10
Distilled water-930
Micronutrient-5

Add 1.5% agar before autoclaving.

 

 1 Soil extract:
Weight 200 g of garden soil without great humus content, fertilizers or other protective agents. Add 1 liter of deionized water, and sterilize by heating for 1 hour.
Separate the decanted extract from particules by centrifugation. Fill into small containers of stock solution, autoclave for 1 hour at 1 atmosphere in three consecutive days. Store in the refrigerator. 
2 Sphagnum extract:
Weight 50 g of dried Sphagnum, add 1.5 l of deionized water and sterilize by heating for 1 hour. Decant the extract. Fill into small containers and autoclave for 1 h at one atmosphere in three consecutive days. Store in the refrigerator.

3 Add vitamine B12 (5X10 -6 g) in sterile solution after autoclaving.

 

Composition of the micronutrient solution

-Stock solution (%)Micronutrient solution
ZnSO4 7H2O0.11.0 ml
MnSO4 4H2O0.12.0 ml
H3Bo30.25.0 ml
Co(NO3)6H2O0.025.0 ml
Na2MoO4 2H2O0.025.0 ml
CuSO4 5H2O0.00051.0 ml
Distilled water-981 ml
FeSO4 7H2O-0.7 g
EDTA (Titriplex III, Merck)-0.8 g
 
Autoclave separately two micronutrient solutions: Sol. I -   881 ml distilled water + stock solutions of salts whithout FeSO4 + 0.4 g  EDTA
Sol. II - 100 ml distilled water + 0.7 g  FeSO4 + 0.4 g EDTA.
Combine after cooling.