Synthetic
or
Defined
Culture
Media
Synthetic
or
Defined
Culture
Media consist
wholly
of
dilute,
reproducible
solution
of
chemically
pure,
known
inorganic
and/or
organic
compounds.
Artificial
media
of
exactly
known,
reproducible
composition
are
called
synthetic
or
chemically
defined
media.
The
formulation
and
use
of
these
media
requires
an
exact
knowledge
of
the
nutritional
requirements
of
the
microorganism
to
be
cultivated.
A
simplest
inorganic
synthetic
culture
medium
for
common,
sulphur
oxidising,
chemolithotroph,
soil
bacterium,
Thiohacillus
thiooxidans
is
as
follows:
In
modem
laboratories,
dehydrated
media
are
used.
