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SODIUM chloride is usually added to a culture medium to make the medium isotonic, so that any blood added as an enrichment is not hæmolysed. It is conceivable that any specific requirements a non-marine bacterium might possess for the Na+ or the Cl− ion is so small it can be supplied by the culture medium itself. Thus, the addition of sodium chloride, at a concentration of 0.5 per cent (w/v), to any medium intended for the growth of non-marine bacteria seems arbitrary unless it has previously been shown to be necessary to promote optimal growth or to demonstrate some particular metabolic activity (for example, hæmolysis).
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NAYLOR, P. Inhibition of Growth of Aerobacter aerogenes by Sodium Chloride. Nature 205, 420–421 (1965). https://doi.org/10.1038/205420a0
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