Table 1 Medium composition for preliminary screening phase. All media were supplied with 20 g/l glucose as carbon source

Van Hoek medium labeled as YHP (Van Hoek et al. 2000)

(NH₄)₂SO₄, 15 g; KH₂PO₄, 8.0 g; MgSO₄, 3.0 g; ZnSO₄, 0.4 g

Semi-synthetic medium labeled as SS (Domingues et al. 2005)

KH₂PO₄, 5 g; (NH₄)₂SO₄, 2 g; MgSO₄∙7H₂O, 0.4 g; yeast extract, 2.0 g

Modified Knoll medium labeled as CSc (Knoll et al. 2007)

KH₂PO₄, 5.55 g; (NH₄)₂SO₄, 7 g; MgSO₄∙7H₂O, 2.76 g; Na₂SO₄, 0.34 g; CaCl₂∙H₂O, 2.63 g; MnSO₄∙H₂O, 0.035 g; ZnSO₄∙7H₂O, 0.0263 g; CuSO₄∙5H₂O, 0.007 g

PCT medium (Srinivasan et al. 2002)

MgSO₄∙7H₂O, 2.2 g; K₂SO₄, 3.0 g; Na₂SO₄, 0.18 g; FeSO₄∙7H₂O, 0.18 g; CuSO₄∙5H₂O, 0.0005 g; ZnSO₄∙6H₂O, 0.0024 g; MnSO₄∙4H₂O, 0.0024 g; CaCl₂∙2H₂O, 0.0624 g

Biostat medium labeled as M5 (Sartorius Stedim, Germany 2009)

(NH₄)₂SO₄, 2.0 g; K₂HPO₄∙3H₂O, 2.0 g; MgSO₄∙7H₂O, 0.5 g; KCI 2.0 g; yeast extract, 0.1 g

YPD (New England Biolabs, USA)

Yeast extract, 10 g; peptone from meat, 20 g