10L Media Kit: BG-11 Medium

10L Media Kit: BG-11 Medium BG-11 medium (Allen and Stanier 1968) was derived from medium no. 11 (Hughes et al. 1958) for the culture of freshwater, soil, thermal, and marine cyanobacteria. Media kit includes all the necessary chemical components to prepare 10 Liters of BG-11 Medium. All UTEX Media Kit solutions are shipped sterile and should be handled aseptically to avoid contamination.   What is a media kit? How is it different than stock solutions? UTEX Media Kits come with pre-measured, ready-to-use components. Unlike stock solutions, there is no need to prepare and/or dilute concentrated reagents for each individual chemical at precise ratios. Simply follow the included instructions to create the large volume of media—precision without the hassle of extra preparation. Do the media kits include stock solutions? No. UTEX Media Kits do not include concentrated stock solutions for each individual chemical component of a medium. Compatible chemicals have been pre-measured an