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CCAP: ASW (Artificial Seawater)

Marine algae


Stocks Extra Salts Per liter
1 NaNO3 30.0 g
Na2HPO4 1.2 g
K2HPO4 1.0 g
2 Vitamin Solution Per liter
Biotin 0.0002 g
Calcium pantothenate 0.02 g
Cyanocobalamin 0.004 g
Folic acid 0.0004 g
Inositol 1.0 g
Nicotinic acid 0.02 g
Thiamine HCl 0.1 g
Thymine 0.6 g
May be stored frozen at -20°C



Medium Per liter
* "Ultramarine Synthetica" sea salts 33.6 g
Extra salts stock solution (1) 3.75 ml
Vitamin stock solution (2) 2.5 mL
Soil extract (SE1-see recipe) 25.0 mL
Tricine 0.50 g


Make up to 1 litre with distilled water and adjust pH to 7.6 - 7.8 with 1M NaOH or HCl. Autoclave at 15 psi.

* Supply: Waterlife Research Industries Ltd, 476 Bath Road, Longford, West Drayton, Middlesex UB7 0ED, UK.

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