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Table 1 Cultivation conditions

From: Cultivation of common bacterial species and strains from human skin, oral, and gut microbiota

Skin cultivation conditions

Media

Conditions

LB agar

Aerobic, Anaerobic, 37 °C

R2A agar

Aerobic, Anaerobic, 37 °C

TSA with 5% sheep blood

Aerobic, Anaerobic, 37 °C

Brucella agar

Aerobic, Anaerobic, 37 °C

BCYE agar

Aerobic, Anaerobic, 37 °C

MacConkey agar

Aerobic, Anaerobic, 37 °C

Oral cultivation conditions

Media

Conditions

LB agar

Aerobic, Anaerobic, 37 °C

R2A agar

Aerobic, Anaerobic, 37 °C

TSA with 5% sheep blood

Aerobic, Anaerobic, 37 °C

Chocolate agar

Aerobic, Anaerobic, 37 °C

Selective Strep agar

Aerobic, Anaerobic, 37 °C

Stool cultivation conditions

Culture device prior to plating onto TSA with 5% sheep blood

Conditions

Direct plating onto GMM agar

Anaerobic, 37 °C

TSB (3, 7, 14d) + sheep blood (9% final vol)

Aerobic, 28 °C

Aerobic blood bottle (3, 7, 14d) + rumen fluid (9% final vol)

Aerobic, 37 °C

Aerobic blood bottle (3, 7, 14d) + sheep blood (9% final vol)

Aerobic, 37 °C

Aerobic blood bottle (3, 7, 14d); sample filtered at 5 μm

Aerobic, 37 °C

BHI (3, 7, 14d) + vancomycin + colistin (10 μg/mL each)

Aerobic, 37 °C

TSB (3, 7, 14d)

Aerobic, 37 °C

Anaerobic Blood bottle (3, 7, 14d) + sheep blood (9% final vol)

Anaerobic, 37 °C

Anaerobic Blood bottle (3, 7, 14d) + rumen fluid (9% final vol)

Anaerobic, 37 °C

Anaerobic Blood bottle (3, 7, 14d); sample filtered at 5 μm

Anaerobic, 37 °C

Anaerobic Blood bottle (3, 7, 14d); thermic shock (85 °C, 20 min)

Anaerobic, 37 °C

BHI (3, 7, 14d) + vancomycin + colistin (10 μg/mL each)

Anaerobic, 37 °C

TSB (3, 7, 14d) + sheep blood (9% final vol)

Anaerobic, 37 °C