Dulbecco's Modified Eagle's Medium (DMEM) is the most widely used modification of Eagle's Basal Medium (BME). DMEM contains four times greater concentration of amino acids, vitamins and supplementary components. The original formulation calls for 1000 mg/L of glucose, which was first employed to support the polyoma virus in primary and secondary embryonic mouse cultures. For optimal culturing of other cell types, a modification of 4500 mg/L glucose is available.