Ashby medium
Mannitol (sucrose): 20.0 g
K2HPO4: 0.2 g
MgSO4: 0.2 g
NaCl: 0.2 g
K2SO4: 0.1 g
CaCO3: 5.0 g
Distilled water: 1.0 L

For solid medium, add 20 g of agar; autoclave at 121°C (if sucrose is used, at 105°C) for 30 min.


D.G. Zvyagintsev (ed.). Methods in Soil Microbiology and Biochemistry. Moscow, Izdatel’stvo MGU, 1991, 304 p.
Staff members
  • Professor Olga Turkovskaya, D. Sc. (Biol.), Head of Collection
  • Ekaterina Dubrovskaya, Ph.D. (Biol.), Curator
  • Anna Muratova, D. Sc. (Biol.), Bacteriologist
  • Sergey Golubev, Ph.D. (Biol.), Bacteriologist
  • Anastasia Bondarenkova, Ph.D. (Biol.), Bacteriologist