M9 minimal medium (M9)

The M9 minimal medium (M9) in silico definition consists of all compounds described by Sigma-Aldrich. M9 is a minimal medium commonly used in microbiology and was developed in 1988[1]. Since then, M9 has been adapted with different kinds of additives and used to gather insight into carbon or nitrogen sources[2]. The medium definition used in this study is based on the provider reference[3] and was further supplemented with MgSO4* 7H2O, CaCl2* 2H2O and Glucose.

Table 6 M9 composition

BiGG ID

Compound name

ca2

Ca2+

cl

Cl-

cobalt2

Co2+

cu2

Cu2+

fe2

Fe2+

fe3

Fe3+

glc__D

D-Glucose

h2o

H2O

h

H+

k

K+

mg2

Mg

mn2

Mn2+

mobd

Molybdate

na1

Na+

nh4

Ammonium

ni2

Ni2+

o2

O2

pi

Phosphate

so4

Sulfate

zn2

Zn2+