A BROAD-SPECTRUM ARTIFICIAL SEAWATER MEDIUM FOR COASTAL AND OPEN OCEAN PHYTOPLANKTON
A BROAD-SPECTRUM ARTIFICIAL SEAWATER MEDIUM FOR COASTAL AND OPEN OCEAN PHYTOPLANKTON
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DOI:
10.1111/j.1529-8817.1980.tb02994.x
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发表时间:
1980-01-01
影响因子:
2.9
通讯作者:
TAYLOR, FJR
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作者:
HARRISON, PJ;WATERS, RE;TAYLOR, FJR
A new artificial seawater medium was tested with 83 strains of coastal and open ocean phytoplankton from 11 different algal classes. The cultures were carried through 4 transfers, representing a period of 8 wk for most species. Only 3 species could not be maintained in the enriched artificial seawater, and 16 spp., mainly from the Prymnesiophyceae and Dinophyceae, had reduced final cell yields compared to those grown in enriched natural seawater. Since 77% of the species tested grew equally well in enriched artificial or natural seawater and more than 95% could be maintained in the artificial medium, this recipe is useful over a broad spectrum of species. The artificial seawater base was enriched with a modified enrichment solution; the primary modifications were the omission of Tris and the addition of Si. Enriched medium was autoclaved without precipitation by lowering the pH before autoclaving. This was accomplished by adding equimolar amounts of Na-HCO3 and HCl which produced NaCl and CO2 during the heating process. When no pH buffer was used, precipitation could only be avoided by autoclaving the artificial seawater base as 2 separate salt solutions (with Ca and Sr separated from CO3-2 and SO4-2), cooling, mixing and aseptically adding the sterilized enrichment solution.