Selection medium Pombe Benito et al

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Selection medium Pombe (Benito et al. 2013 doi:10.5897/AJMR2013.5684)
Medium YEPDAcBzCIMa from their paper.
We've tried this with some honey samples, but have not been very successful yet.

Ingredients Amount per Liter
Yeast Extract 10 g
Glucose 25g
Pepton 10g
Malic Acid 2g
Chloramphenicol 200mg (5ml from 40mg/ml stock in 96%EtOH)
Benzoate 350mg (1ml from 350mg/ml stock in H2O)
Cycloheximide (=Actidione)
Warning : Very toxic.
Avoid skin contact or aerosal formation and inhalation.
20mg (200 ul from stock)
  • Mix the Yeast extract, Glucose, Pepton, Malic Acid and Chloramphenicol
  • Autoclave for 15min at 121 C
  • After the medium has cooled down, add the Cycloheximide (100 mg/ml in DMSO) TOXIC


Store in dark in fridge (Cycloheximide is light sensitive so keep plates and media out of direct light as much as possible).