MEM Medium

Culture media dispensers are essential for supporting the growth and development of microorganisms. At Thomas Scientific, we offer a range of culture media dispensers and mem mediums suitable for producing vaccines, testing drugs and antibiotics, and studying microorganisms and their behavior. M9 minimal media can be used with various suspension and adherent mammalian cells. Our selection offers a variety of MEM modifications for a range of cell culture applications.

Availability includes suitable accessories, such as tubing, fittings, and filters, to assist with the media's control, flow, and volume to ensure you obtain accurate results.

MEM Medium

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  • Blood Agar Plate, 5% Sheep Blood in Tryptic Soy Agar (TSA) Base

    Features: For the non-selective cultivation of microorganisms. General growth media for bacteria, yeast, and fungi Contains 5% sheep blood from a veterinary supervised, controlled herd of donor animals. Blood is guaranteed to be from healthy antibiotic-free animals Polystyrene Petri plates feature...

  • Flip Top Bottle Phosphate Buffer

    The Phosphate Buffer is an ideal diluent for food, beverage, and environmental samples. The solution is decontaminated through gamma irradiation for long shelf life. The handy flip-top style provides a fast, easy and reliable bottle for sample processing. Flip-open lids can be opened with one hand...

  • Neogen® Mini Flip-Top with Butterfield's Buffer

    It is ready to use and filled with 9 mL of Butterfield's Buffer, which is an ideal diluent for food, beverage, and environmental samples and a cost-effective alternative to mixing in-house. The solution is decontaminated through gamma irradiation for long shelf life. The handy flip-top style...

  • Tryptic Soy Agar with 5% Sheep Blood (Blood Agar)

    Tryptic soy agar w/ 5% sheep blood (Blood agar) is recommended for use as a general purpose medium for the growth of a wide variety of microorganisms and for determining hemolytic reactions.

  • CompactDry™ E.Coli (EC) and Coliforms for colony counting

    CompactDry TM  is a ready-to-use system that reduces the time needed to perform microbial testing on food, cannabis, meat, cosmetics, raw materials and more. CompactDry™ EC is a ready-to-use test method recommended for the determination of total aerobic bacterial counts. CompactDry™...

  • Liquid Blocker–Super PAP Pen

    Electron Microscopy Sciences

    The Newest Staining Guard Pen New and improved. The Super PAP Pen outperforms the original PAP Pen. The Super PAP Pen may be used at temperatures as high as 120°F. (The old style PAP Pen worked only up to 90°F). With this high temperature feature, one can now use the Super PAP Pen to perform...

  • Catalase Reagent

    Hardy Diagnostics

    Hydrogen peroxide 3%, (H2O2), catalase positive organisms (such as Staphylococcus) will evolve gas bubbles in the presence of H2O2. Useful in the presumptive identification and differentiation of many bacteria. Beta-hemolytic organisms, such as Streptococcus species (catalase-negative),...

  • Neogen® Flip-Top Dilution Bottle with Peptone Water

    Neogen® Flip-Top Dilution Bottles Ready-to-use Peptone Water is an ideal diluent for food, beverage, and environmental samples. The solution is decontaminated through gamma irradiation for long shelf life. The handy flip-top style provides a fast, easy and reliable bottle for sample processing....

  • LB Broth Powder, Lennox, 250g

    LB Broth Powder, Lennox: Lennox LB is a highly-referenced microbial growth medium used for the cultivation of E. coli. This nutrient-rich microbial broth contains peptides, amino acids and carbohydrates in a low-salt formulation. Application: For Laboratory Research Only

  • Dilu-Lok II™, Deionized Sterile Water

    Our pre-filled dilution vials are designed for the food, dairy, pharmaceutical, and water industries; and are filled to 25ml, 90ml, or 99ml with a variety of buffers and solutions available from Hardy Vials are made of sturdy polypropylene with a leak-proof seal that holds up even during air...

  • Dulbecco's Modification of Eagle's Medium (DMEM)

    Dulbecco's Modified Eagle's Medium (DMEM) is a modification of Basal Medium Eagle (BME) containing four-fold concentrations of the amino acids and vitamins found in BME. The original formulation was used to culture embryonic mouse cells and has since been modified to support a variety of...

  • Oxford Listeria Supplement, Modified

    An antimicrobial supplement recommended for selective isolation of Listeria species. Storage and Shelf Life Store at 2-8°C. Use before expiry date on the label.

  • Biological Indicator Mini Spore Strips for Monitoring EO/Dry Heat Sterilization Processes with Bacillus atrophaeus

    Crosstex offers a full line of Mini Spore Strips for use in monitoring sterilization processes. Mini Spore Strips consist of inoculated filter paper, 2 mm x 10 mm, packaged in glassine peel pouches or envelopes. The glassine packaging provides protection from environmental contaminants during...

  • Growth Promotion Test Suspensions

    Growth Promotion Test Suspensions provide a quality control challenge to each batch or lot of medium, ensuring its growth promoting qualities, whether it is prepared internally from basic ingredients or purchased commercially prepared. Inoculate each batch or lot of medium, directly without...

  • Corning® BioCoat™ Collagen I-coated Plates

    Collagen I, found in most tissues and organs, is most plentiful in dermis, tendon, and bone. It is an integral part of the framework that holds cells and tissues together and has been recognized as a useful matrix for improving cell culture. in vitro use of collagen can exert effects on the...

  • RPI MacConkey Agar

    RPI (Research Products International)

    The RPI MacConkey agar is mainly used in research facilities and chemical laboratories to conduct wide range of experiments. It is available in sturdy bottle that endures heavy and rigorous usage. MacConkey agar is used as a medium to select and differentiate gram negative bacterial species....

  • Dulbecco's Modification of Eagle's Medium/Ham's F-12 50/50 Mix

    This 1:1 mixture of Dulbecco's Modified Eagle Medium and Ham's F-12 media is ideal for culture of a variety of cell types under low serum conditions. Dulbecco's Modified Eagle's Medium (DMEM) is a modification of Basal Medium Eagle (BME) containing four-fold concentrations of the...

  • HiCrome™ UTI Agar

    HiCrome UTI Agar is a differential medium recommended for presumptive identification and confirmation of microorganisms mainly causing urinary tract infections, can also be used for testing water, food, environmental and other clinical samples.

  • Campy Blood Agar

    Edge Biologicals

    Campy Blood Agar is used in the selective isolation and cultivation of Campylobacter species from human fecal specimens.

  • Biological Indicator Spore Strips for Monitoring Steam Sterilization Processes with Geobacillus stearothermophilus

    Crosstex offers a full line of Spore Strips for use in monitoring sterilization processes. Spore Strips consist of inoculated filter paper, 6 mm x 30 mm, packaged in glassine peel pouches or envelopes. The glassine packaging provides protection from environmental contaminants during transport post...

  • Diamond® SureGro™ Multiple Well Plates

    Diamond® SureGro™ Multiple Well Plates Diamond® SureGro™ multiple well plates provide flat, consistent growing surfaces for ease of viewing and imaging of cells. With both TC treated and non-treated options and a broad range of well configurations and shapes, plates are available...

  • Bovine Pituitary Extract

    Bovine Pituitary Extract (BPE) is made from fresh, flash-frozen pituitary glands from young, healthy cattle between the ages of 18-22 months. The cattle are born, raised and slaughtered in New Zealand from a USDA approved source. New Zealand cattle are internationally recognized as free from bovine...

  • HiMedia Crystal Violet Pectate Medium

    Crystal violet pectate medium is recommended for the cultivation of pectolytic microorganisms, which can degrade sodium polypectate in the medium. This medium contains crystal violet, which makes it selective for gram-negative bacteria and prevents growth of unwanted organisms. Polypectate serves as...

  • accu-TEST™ COD Reactor Blocks

    The accu-TEST™ COD Reactor Block is an economical solution for digestion of chemical oxygen demand (COD) samples. The accu-TEST COD Reactor Block is easier to use and more economical than other heating methods for COD vial digestion. The accu-TEST COD Reactor Block maintains temperature to...

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What does a MEM medium do?

MEM (Minimum Essential Medium) is a widely used cell culture medium designed to support the growth and maintenance of various mammalian cells. It provides essential nutrients, including amino acids, vitamins, glucose, and salts, necessary for cellular metabolism and proliferation. Depending on the specific cell type being cultured, MEM is often supplemented with additional components such as serum, antibiotics, or growth factors.