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General description
Cyanobacteria BG-11 Freshwater Solution is a 50X chemstock used to prepare cyanobacteria BG-11 media for culturing cyanobacteria, such as Synechocystis 6803, Nostoc sp. PCC 9104, and Nostoc sp. PCC 9025.
Application
Cyanobacteria BG-11 Freshwater Solution has been used:
to culture Synechococcus sp.[1]
for culturing Chlorella minutissima[2]
as a diluting agent to measure the growth rate at different temperatures in Microcystis aeruginosa[3]
Preparation Note
When used for marine species add 10g/L sodium chloride and 1μg/L vitamin B12.
Use at 20ml/L.
Phycology Media composition and preparation from powder
With major salts and trace metals.
