We have 90+ different types of media with various different components. The media recipes can be found here.

We do not recommend autoclaving seawater as it will cause high salt precipitation.

We only sell complete media at UTEX, therefore, if you wish to make modifications you must prepare your own medium. We also recommend that you keep at leas...

This refers to our algal culture media and means that the media has a pinch of NH4MgPO4·6H2O added. Example Media: Soilwater: GR+ Medium vs. Soilwater: ...

Most of our marine UTEX strains have not been tested to grow in artificial seawater due to the easy availability of natural seawater. If you do not have a...

Yes. However, repeated autoclaving willl cause evaporation and will increase the concentration of the media components. Additionally, some components may d...

This refers to media that has been made with additional silicate added. Silicate is necessary to culture diatoms or other organisms that have a silica req...

This refers to our BG-11 media that is made without nitrogen and is used by nitrogen fixing algae strains. Example Media: BG-11(-N) Medium

Stock solutions and individual components are currently not available for purchase.

Algal Culturing Media MSDS Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) for UTEX Algal Culturing Media are available to download on each media's respective page....