mineral salts medium  (New Brunswick Scientific)

Journal: Molecules

Article Title: Investigation on Tattoo Ink (Hexadecachlorinate Copper Phthalocyanine) Removal: Novel Chemical and Biological Approach

doi: 10.3390/molecules29235543

Figure Lengend Snippet: Microbial growth of pure cultures and enriched environmental soil and compost inocula on M9 medium, rich media (Plate Count Agar (PCA) and PDA), with and without additions of ink tattoo (treatment and control, respectively), after 72 h, in duplicate Petri dishes.

Article Snippet: For evidence and to numerate the total viable aerobic microbial counts, both M9 mineral salt agarized medium and Plate Count Agar (PCA) (Oxoid, Hampshire, UK) were adopted with an incubation temperature of 37 °C for 72 h. Peptone Dextrose Agar (PDA) and WL (BD Difco™, Milano, Italy) media were preferred, both for their mycete counts (fungi and yeasts) and for the associated microbial isolation technique; incubation was performed at 28 °C for 48 h. Bacterial and fungal counts were expressed as Colony-Forming Units (CFUs) per 1.0 mL broth culture, and the putative bio-degradative ability of the microbial isolates was determined.

Techniques: Control