P5ARP/P10ARP Media Preparation
Rebecca Bennett
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Abstract
How to make P5ARP and P10ARP media plates, simplified from https://wiki.bugwood.org/PARP_or_PARP
Contains: pimarcin, ampicillin, rifampicin, pentachloronitrobenzens.
Pimaricin is a broad-spectrum antifungal antibiotic that inhibits the true fungi but not most members of the Pythiaceae. Once in solution, it is inactivated by light so that culture plates must be stored and incubated in the dark. Growth of true fungi indicates the inactivation of pimaricin. Concentrations above 10 mg a.i./liter inhibit oospore germination of Pythium and Phytophthora
Plates will last for 1-1.5 weeks before antibiotics are degraded.
Before start
See Safety Warnings.
Steps
Preparation
Sign up for Autoclave and turn on.
Add 17g of Difco cornmeal agar to each 2L Erlenmeyer flask
Add RO water to 1000mL line (pre-measure line and mark with sharpie or use a graduated cylinder).
Cover top with foil so that at least 2" of foil is below flask lip.
Add stir bar and mix well over stir plate.
Autoclave media in flask alongside 1 L media bottle (loosely capped), for 20 minutes on liquid cycle.
Turn on hot water bath and set to 50°C.
Prepare hood by wiping down with 80% EtOH and labeling Petri dishes.
Prepare rifampicin solution: 0.01g rifampicin dissolved in 1mL DMSO in a microcentrifuge tube.
Cover tube with foil and keep away from light.
After Sterilization
Check temperature of hot water bath (between 50°C to 55°C).
Place sterilized basal media in hot water bath and wait for temperature to decrease target range. Higher temperatures will inactivate antibiotics!
Fume hood:
Add to each 1 L media bottle (wear gloves, eye protection, and dust mask!) on a stir plate:
0.25g ampicillin sodium salt
5mg = 0.005g Delvocid (50% natamycin)
10mg = 0.01g rifampicin dissolved in 1mL DMSO
1g Terraclor WP (wettable powder)
Mix completely.
Plating
Pour half into the sterile 1L media bottle.
Immediately pour into Petri dishes.
Refill with remaining media and dispense into Petri dishes.
Immediately fill empty bottle with tap water when finished so that agar does not dry on glass.
Mark plates with a single red bar using a Sharpie. Attach lab tape with date and your initials to stack of plates.
When agar has solidified (8-24h), place back into sleeves and label bottom outside of bag with date made and your initials.
Store in fridge as soon as possible to preserve the antibiotics.
Wash bottles before media dries.
