Table 3 Composition of the three media used in this study.

From: Breakthrough in Marine Invertebrate Cell Culture: Sponge Cells Divide Rapidly in Improved Nutrient Medium

Component

ASW

Medium 199

M1

g/L

Salts

NaCl

23.300

6.800

15.420

Trizma HCL

4.020

3.769

Trizma Base

2.970

2.784

MgCl2

10.200

10.040

Na2SO4

1.000

0.814

CaCl2

1.000

0.200

0.400

KCl

1.000

0.400

0.302

Amino Acids

L-Alanine

0.025

0.053

L-Arginine · HCL

0.070

0.095

L-Aspartic Acid

0.030

0.077

L-Asparagine

0.103

L-Cystine · 2HCl

0.000

0.000

L-Cystine · HCl · H2O

0.026

0.067

L-Glutamic Acid

0.067

0.114

L-Glutamine

0.100

0.163

Glycine

0.050

0.053

Hydroxy-L-Proline

0.010

0.010

L-Histidine · HCl · H2O

0.022

0.131

L-Isoleucine

0.020

0.070

L-Leucine

0.060

0.113

L-Lysine · HCl

0.070

0.089

L-Methionine

0.015

0.081

L-Phenylalanine

0.025

0.963

L-Proline

0.040

0.118

L-Serine

0.025

0.869

L-Threonine

0.030

0.055

L-Tryptophan

0.010

0.729

L-Tryosine · 2Na · 2 H2O

0.058

0.105

L-Valine

0.025

0.128

*

Rifampicin

0.030

0.030

Amphotericin B

0.003

0.003

  1. *Added antibiotics and antimycotics.