Aug 12, 2022

Public workspaceNLDM: A Defined Medium for Cultivation and Exometabolite Profiling of Soil Bacteria

  • Markus De Raad1,
  • Yifan V. Li2,
  • Jennifer V. Kuehl1,
  • Peter F. Andeer1,
  • Suzanne M. Kosina1,
  • Andrew Hendrickson1,
  • Nicholas R. Saichek1,
  • Amber N. Golini1,
  • La Zhen Han1,
  • Ying Wang1,
  • Benjamin P. Bowen1,
  • Adam M. Deutschbauer1,
  • Adam Arkin1,3,
  • Romy Chakraborty2,
  • Trent R. Northen1,4
  • 1Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Environmental Genomics and Systems Biology Division, Berkeley, CA, United States;
  • 2Earth and Environmental Sciences Area, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, United States;
  • 3Department of Bioengineering, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, United States;
  • 4Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Joint Genome Institute, Berkeley, CA, United States
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Protocol CitationMarkus De Raad, Yifan V. Li, Jennifer V. Kuehl, Peter F. Andeer, Suzanne M. Kosina, Andrew Hendrickson, Nicholas R. Saichek, Amber N. Golini, La Zhen Han, Ying Wang, Benjamin P. Bowen, Adam M. Deutschbauer, Adam Arkin, Romy Chakraborty, Trent R. Northen 2022. NLDM: A Defined Medium for Cultivation and Exometabolite Profiling of Soil Bacteria. protocols.io https://dx.doi.org/10.17504/protocols.io.14egn7o2yv5d/v1
License: This is an open access protocol distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License,  which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited
Protocol status: Working
We use this protocol and it's working
Created: July 01, 2022
Last Modified: August 12, 2022
Protocol Integer ID: 65799
Keywords: Defined medium, defined media, exometabolomics, liquid chromatography mass spectrometry, soil bacteria, R2A
Funders Acknowledgement:
Under contract number DE-AC02-05CH11231, this material by ENIGMA – Ecosystems and Networks Integrated with Genes and Molecular Assemblies (http://enigma.lbl.gov), a Science Focus Area Program at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory is based upon work supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Biological and Environmental Research and used resources of the National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center, a Department of Energy Office of Science User Facility
Grant ID: DE-AC02-05CH11231
Abstract
This is the protocol for the preparation of NLDM medium as described in de Raad et al., 2022 - A Defined Medium for Cultivation and Exometabolite Profiling of Soil Bacteria.

The Northen Lab Defined Medium (NLDM) is a defined medium and thus suited for exometabolomic experiments. It is based on the metabolite composition of R2A and soil, metabolite usage by microbes, and biologically relevant elemental stoichiometry of these compounds. NLDM supports the growth of a wide range of phylogenetically diverse soil bacterial isolates and all of its metabolites are trackable through LC–MS/MS analysis. This demonstrate the viability and utility of the constructed NLDM medium for growing and characterizing diverse microbial isolates and communities. We anticipate that the NLDM medium will enable the examination of microbial substrate utilization for a broad range of isolates both directly and through dilution and amendments. We speculate that this media may have additional value in supporting microbial isolations and additional types of microbial characterization.

Please cite NLDM as follows: de Raad M, Li YV, Kuehl JV, Andeer PF, Kosina SM, Hendrickson A, Saichek NR, Golini AN, Han LZ, Wang Y, Bowen BP, Deutschbauer AM, Arkin AP, Chakraborty R and Northen TR (2022) A Defined Medium for Cultivation and Exometabolite Profiling of Soil Bacteria. Front. Microbiol. 13:855331. DOI:10.3389/fmicb.2022.855331
Materials


GENERAL NOTES
  • Store NLDM solutions 1-5 at -80ºC
  • Store NLDM Salt solutions 1-4 at 4ºC
  • Both the Vitamin Solution and Trace Mineral Solution are from ATCC (ATCC® MD-VS™ and ATCC® MD-TMS™)

NLDM Solution 1-5
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NLDM Solution 1 - 'Sugars' - 10X
#CompoundformulaclassSupplierSupplier #MW (avg)Final_Conc_mmol/LConc_FactorConc mmol/Lmg for 50 mL stock solution
1sucroseC12H22O11sugarSigmaS3929-1KG342.30.875108.75149.8
2D-glucoseC6H12O6sugarSigmaG8270-1KG180.160.875108.7578.8
3trehalose dihydrateC12H22O11 x 2H2OsugarSanta Cruz Biotechnologiessc-202368378.330.875108.75165.5
4myo-inositolC6H12O6sugarSigmaI5125-50G180.160.875108.7578.8
5xyloseC5H10O5sugarSpectrumXY110150.130.875108.7565.7
6D-mannitolC6H14O6sugarSigmaM4125-500G182.170.875108.7579.7
7n-acetyl glucosamineC8H15NO6sugarSigmaA4106-25G221.210.875108.7596.8
NLDM Solution 2 - 'Organic_Acids' - 10X
#CompoundformulaclassSupplierSupplier #MW (avg)Final_Conc_mmol/LConc_FactorConc mmol/Lmg for 50 mL stock solution
8sodium-DL-lactateC3H5NaO2organic acidSigma71720-5G112.060.525105.2529.4
9DL-Malic acidC4H6O5organic acidSigma240176-50G134.090.525105.2535.2
10Citric acidC6H8O7organic acidSigmaC4540-100G192.120.525105.2550.4
11Succinic acidC4H6O4organic acidSigmaS3674-100G118.090.525105.2531.0
12sodium pyruvateC3H3O3Naorganic acidSigmaP2256-25G110.040.525105.2528.9
13alpha ketoglutaric acidC5H6O5organic acidSigmaK1750-100G146.10.525105.2538.4
14L-CitrullineC6H13N3O3organic acidSigmaC7629-5G175.190.525105.2546.0
NLDM Solution 3 - 'Amino_Acids' - 10X
#CompoundformulaclassSupplierSupplier #MW (avg)Final_Conc_mmol/LConc_FactorConc mmol/Lmg for 50 mL stock solution
15L-AlanineC3H7NO2amino acidSigmaA7627-100G89.090.175101.757.8
16L-ArginineC6H14N4O2amino acidSigmaA8094-100G174.20.175101.7515.2
17L-AsparagineC4H8N2O3amino acidSigmaA0884-25G132.120.175101.7511.6
18L-Aspartic acidC4H7NO4amino acidSigmaA9256-100G133.10.175101.7511.6
19L-CysteineC3H7NO2Samino acidSigma30089-25G121.160.175101.7510.6
20L-Glutamic acidC5H9NO4amino acidSigma49449-100G147.130.175101.7512.9
21L-GlutamineC5H10N2O3amino acidSigmaG3126-100G146.140.175101.7512.8
22GlycineC2H5NO2amino acidSigma410225-50G75.070.175101.756.6
23L-HistidineC6H9N3O2amino acidSigmaH8000-10G155.150.175101.7513.6
24L-IsoleucineC6H13NO2amino acidSigmaI2752-25G131.170.175101.7511.5
25L-LeucineC6H13NO2amino acidSigmaL8912-25G131.170.175101.7511.5
26L-LysineC6H14N2O2amino acidSigmaL5501-25G146.190.175101.7512.8
27L- MethionineC5H11NO2Samino acidSigmaM5308-25G149.210.175101.7513.1
28L-PhenylalanineC9H11NO2amino acidSigmaP5482-25G165.190.175101.7514.5
29L-ProlineC5H9NO2amino acidSigmaP5607-25G115.130.175101.7510.1
30L-SerineC3H7NO3amino acidSigmaS4311-25G105.090.175101.759.2
31L-ThreonineC4H9NO3amino acidSigmaT8441-25G119.120.175101.7510.4
32L-TryptophanC11H12N2O2amino acidSigmaT8941-25G204.230.175101.7517.9
33L-TyrosineC9H11NO3amino acidSigmaT8566-25G181.190.175101.7515.9
34L-ValineC5H11NO2amino acidSigma94619-25G117.150.175101.7510.3
NOTE: Dissolve all amino acids in 4 mM HCl. Sonicate for 30 minutes to dissolve all amino acids
NLDM Solution 4 - 'Nucleobases/Nucleosides' - 50X
#CompoundformulaclassSupplierSupplier #MW (avg)Final_Conc_mmol/LConc_FactorConc mmol/Lmg for 50 mL stock solution
355-methyluridineC10H14N2O6nucleosideSigma535893-25G258.230.0175500.87511.3
36AdenineC5H5N5nucleobaseSigmaA8626-5G135.130.0175500.8755.9
37AdenosineC10H13N5O4nucleosideSigmaA4036-5G267.240.0175500.87511.7
38CytidineC9H13N3O5nucleosideSigmaC4654-5G243.220.0175500.87510.6
39CytosineC4H5N3OnucleobaseSigmaC3506-1G111.10.0175500.8754.9
40GuanineC5H5N5OnucleobaseSigmaG11950-100G151.130.0175500.8756.6
41GuanosineC10H13N5O5nucleosideSigmaG6264-5G283.240.0175500.87512.4
42HypoxanthineC5H4N4OnucleobaseSigmaH9636-5G136.110.0175500.8756.0
43InosineC10H12N4O5nucleosideSigmaI4125-100G268.230.0175500.87511.7
44ThymineC5H6N2O2nucleobaseSigmaT0895-5G126.110.0175500.8755.5
45UracilC4H4N2O2nucleobaseSigmaU1128-25G112.090.0175500.8754.9
46UridineC9H12N2O6nucleosideSigmaU3003-5G244.20.0175500.87510.7
47XanthineC5H4N4O2nucleobaseSigmaX0626-5G152.110.0175500.8756.7
48Xanthosine dihydrateC10H12N4O6nucleobaseSigmaX0750-5G320.260.0175500.87514.0
NOTE: Dissolve all nucleobases and nucelosides in 0.08M NaOH
NLDM Solution 5 - 'Other_Cpds' - 50X
#CompoundformulaclassSupplierSupplier #MW (avg)Final_Conc_mmol/LConc_FactorConc mmol/Lmg for 50 mL stock solution
49gamma-Aminobutyric acidC4H9NO2otherSigmaA2129-25G103.120.0175500.8754.5
50EctoineC6H10N2O2otherSigma81619-1G-F142.160.0175500.8756.2
51BetaineC5H11NO2amino acid derivSigma61962-50G117.150.0175500.8755.1
52N-acetyl-L-Glutamic acidC7H11NO5amino acid derivSigma855642-25G189.170.0175500.8758.3
53NicotinamideC6H6N2OvitaminSigma72340-100G122.120.0175500.8755.3
54Ornithine HClC5H12N2O2amino acid derivSigmaO2375-5G168.620.0175500.8757.4
55Shikimic acidC7H10O5otherSigmaS5375-1G174.150.0175500.8757.6
56spermidineC7H19N3otherSigmaS0266-1G145.250.0175500.8756.4
57taurineC2H7NO3SotherSigmaT0625-10G125.150.0175500.8755.5
58Trigonelline HClC7H7NO2 x HClotherSigmaT5509-5G173.60.0175500.8757.6
59L-Carnitine HClC7H16NO3 x HClotherSigmaC0283-1G197.660.0175500.8758.6
60Choline ClC5H14NOotherSigmaC7017-5G139.620.0175500.8756.1
61N-acetyl-L-GlutamineC7H12N2O4amino acid derivSigmaA9125-25G188.180.0175500.8758.2
62n-acetyl-L-lysineC8H16N2O3amino acid derivSigmaA4021-1G188.220.0175500.8758.2
63n-acetylmuramic acidC11H19NO8otherSigmaA3007-500MG293.270.0175500.87512.8
64sn-glycero-3-phosphocholineC8H20NO6PotherCayman20736257.220.0175500.87511.3

NLDM Salt Solution 1-4
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NLDM Salt solution 1 - 'MgSO4' - 50X
#CompoundformulaclassSupplierSupplier #MW (avg)Final_Conc_mmol/LConc_FactorConc mmol/Lmg/50ml
S1Magnesium sulfate heptahydrateMgSO4 * 7H2OSaltSigmaM2773-500G246.470.8125040.6500.3
NLDM Salt solution 2 - 'NH4Cl' - 50X
#CompoundformulaclassSupplierSupplier #MW (avg)Final_Conc_mmol/LConc_FactorConc mmol/Lmg/50ml
S2Ammonium chlorideNH4ClSaltSigmaA9434-500G53.4915050133.7
NLDM Salt solution 3 - 'CaCl2' - 50X
#CompoundformulaclassSupplierSupplier #MW (avg)Final_Conc_mmol/LConc_FactorConc mmol/Lmg/50ml
S3Calcium chloride dihydrateCaCl2 * 2 H2OSaltSigmaC7902-500G147.010.685034249.9
NLDM Salt solution 4 - 'PO4' - 50X
#CompoundformulaclassSupplierSupplier #MW (avg)Final_Conc_mmol/LConc_FactorConc mmol/Lmg/50ml
S4Sodium phosphate monobasicNaH2PO4SaltSigmaS0751-500G119.981.6655083.25499.4
S5Potassium phosphate dibasicK2HPO4SaltSigmaP3786-500G174.183.3350166.51450.0

Vitamin Solution - 100X
  • Vitamin Supplement (ATCC® MD-VS™) based on Wolfe's Vitamin Solution
  • Order at ATCC

Trace Mineral Solution - 100X
  • Trace Mineral Supplement (ATCC® MD-TMS™) based on Wolfe's mineral solution
  • Order at ATCC
NLDM Components
NLDM Components
NLDM stock solutions
  • See Materials section on how to prepare stock solutions

A
Medium components
NLDM Solution 1 - 'Sugars' - 10X
NLDM Solution 2 - 'Organic_Acids' - 10X
NLDM Solution 3 - 'Amino_Acids' - 10X
NLDM Solution 4 - 'Nucleobases/Nucleosides' - 50X
NLDM Solution 5 - 'Other_Cpds' - 50X
NLDM Salt solution 1 - 'MgSO4' - 50X
NLDM Salt solution 2 - 'NH4Cl' - 50X
NLDM Salt solution 3 - 'CaCl2' - 50X
NLDM Salt solution 4 - 'PO4' - 50X
Vitamin solution - 100X
Trace Mineral solution - 100X
NLDM PREPARATION
NLDM PREPARATION
For the preparation of 500 mL NLDM medium mix the following stock solutions:

AB
Volume (mL)
NLDM Solution 1 - 'Sugars' - 10X50
NLDM Solution 2 - 'Organic_Acids' - 10X50
NLDM Solution 3 - 'Amino_Acids' - 10X50
NLDM Solution 4 - 'Nucleobases/Nucleosides' - 50X10
NLDM Solution 5 - 'Other_Cpds' - 50X10
NLDM Salt solution 1 - 'MgSO4' - 50X10
NLDM Salt solution 2 - 'NH4Cl' - 50X10
NLDM Salt solution 3 - 'CaCl2' - 50X10
NLDM Salt solution 4 - 'PO4'  - 50X10
Vitamin solution - 100X5
Trace Mineral solution - 100X5
Milli-Q Water280
TOTAL500
NLDM pH
NLDM pH
Adjust the pH of the NLDM medium 7.0 - 7.2 if needed
STERILIZATION
STERILIZATION
Filter sterilize the NLDM medium using a 0.22 um filter
STORAGE
STORAGE
Store the NLDM medium at 4ºC in the dark