B9638

Basal Medium Eagle

With Earle′s salts and L-glutamine, without sodium bicarbonate, powder, suitable for cell culture

• Synonym(s): BME
• NACRES: NA.75
• UNSPSC Code: 12352207

Properties

• Quality Segment: 500
• form: powder
• technique(s): cell culture | mammalian: suitable
• components: phenol red: 0.011 g/L; NaHCO₃: no; L-glutamine: 0.292 g/L; Earle’s salts (5% CO₂): yes
• shipped in: ambient
• storage temp.: 2-8°C

Description

Application

BME, when properly supplemented, has demonstrated wide applicability, for supporting monolayer growth of a wide variety of normal and transformed cell lines.

Preparation Note

Formulated to contain 9.2 grams of powder per liter of medium.

Supplement with 2.2 g/L sodium bicarbonate.

Other Notes

Eagle's Basal Medium or BME, developed by Harry Eagle, is one of the most widely used of all synthetic cell culture media.

Safety Information

• Storage Class: 13 - Non Combustible Solids
• wgk: WGK 1
• flash_point_f: Not applicable
• flash_point_c: Not applicable