Malt extract mating medium

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Mating medium based on malt extract (ME) from https://doi.org/10.1002%2Fyea.1347.

ME: Malt extract (per liter)
  Per liter Final concentration
  30 g Bacto-malt extract 3% (w/v)
Supplements added as for YES 225 mg/L histidine

225 mg/L uracil

225 mg/L leucine

100 mg/L adenine

Adjust to pH 5.5 with NaOH.

Solid media is made by adding 2% w/v Difco Bacto Agar.

ME is the most common mating media, but may show batch-to-batch variation and should therefore not be used in experimental setups. For this, use EMM-lowN