Agar and nutrients

Standard media for drosophila
• Bloomington or molasses formulations, delivered in sealed pouches or buckets
• Suitable for both large and small quantities of drosophila media
• Ingredients are those cited by Indiana University, Bloomington Drosophila Stock Center
• Composition:
• Bloomington: corn starch, inactive nutritional yeast, Nutri-Fly agar, gelidium, corn syrup extracts, soybean flour, solid molasses
• Molasses: corn starch, inactive nutritional yeast, Nutri-Fly agar, gelidium, solid molasses

Nutri-Fly Instant Medium
• Instant food for drosophila
• Very easy to use, no cooking necessary (simply add water to the Instant Nutri-Fly at equal volume in the bottle)
• Contains the antifungal agent Tegosept to prevent mould growth
• Ingredients: potato flakes, dextrose, brewer's yeast and Tegosept

Nutri-Fly German formulation Medium
• Ideal for low drosophila lines
• Ingredients: brewer's yeast, sucrose, Nutry-Fly agar, yeast extract, MgSO4 x 6H₂O, dextrose, peptone and CaCl₂ x 2H₂O

Agar for drosophila

Ontdekken

• Agar USP, base ingredient of fly food
• Dim 100 mesh
• Batch by batch contro
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• The type I agar is used for solutions with a high sugar concentration
• The type II agar is used when adding antibiotics - Moorhead type Agar

Food for drosophila

Nutri-Fly

Agar for drosophila