Classical Media Manufactured to Meet the Highest Quality Standards

Sartorius media are designed to support the growth and maintenance of a variety of cells and cell lines. Each lot is manufactured under a strictly controlled process according to a Product Master Record to provide lot-to-lot consistency. Sartorius offers ready-to-use media in liquid formulations with various packaging options. Sartorius‘ excellence and expertise provide you with the safest, most reliable and most consistent media products.

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Ultroser® G Serum Substitute Replaces Fetal Calf Serum (FCS)

Ultroser® G, a semi-defined serum substitute for FCS, is designed for the in vitro culture of adherent cells.

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Classical Media From Sartorius

Find the Right Classical Cell Culture Medium for Your Application

Classical media are produced using well-known formulations, following cGMP guidelines, and manufactured with the highest-grade raw materials, sourced from qualified and approved suppliers.

  • Ready-to-use media in concentrated liquid formulations
  • Varied packaging options


DMEM

MEM

RPMI 1640

Volume

Liquid 100ml – 500ml

Liquid 100ml – 500ml

Liquid 100ml – 500ml

Formulation

Available in different options:

  • 1X, 2X and 5X
  • High/low glucose
  • With or without glutamine

Available in different options:

  • 1X and 10X
  • With or without sodium bicarbonate

Available in different options:

  • With or without phenol red
  • With or without glutamine
  • With or without glucose
  • With or without sodium bicarbonate or HEPES

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Classical Cell Culture Media

Ensure quality cell culture with an extensive range of classical media for diverse mammalian cell cultures. From establishing and maintaining basic cell cultures to more advanced cell models, Sartorius offers a range of cell culture media designed to meet your research needs.

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Cell Culture Lab Waters & Buffers

Sartorius provides for cell culture research, a large range of laboratory waters and buffers which are essential for maintaining cell health and viability and ensuring experimental consistency.

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Cell Culture Reagents & Supplements

We offer a huge variety of cell culture reagents and supplements to maintain cells, perform experiments, and analyze results.

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Classical Media Manufactured Following cGMP Guidelines Under ISO:9001

All products are manufactured under the ISO 9001 and 13485 Quality Management Systems (QMS) and in compliance with applicable cGMP guidelines.

FAQs - Classical Media

Classical media are the first generation of cell culture media and have been used in cell culture research for decades. They are a mixture of inorganic salts, amino acids, sugars, vitamins, and other components needed for optimal growth. They are typically used with serum and are multi-purpose, meaning they can be used to grow different cell lines.

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Incucyte® Live Cell Analysis uses whole-well, label-free imaging to scan clones and verify monoclonality.

Live Cell Imaging & Analysis

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Mycoplasma Detection

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Cell Health & Proliferation

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Mycap® Single-Use Aseptic Transfer System for Bottles

One-piece, ready-to-use, and single-use aseptic fluid transfer system for bottles.

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Customized Media and Buffers

Robust and reliable production of customized cell culture media and buffers based on existing formulations or improvement of recipes.

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