volvox_dextrose_medium

CultureMech:000237 algae COMPLEX LIQUID
Original name: Volvox-Dextrose Medium

Overview

Applications
  • Algae cultivation
  • Phytoplankton culture
  • Microalgae research
Synonyms
  • {'name': '1_1_dyiii_pea_gr_medium', 'source': 'unknown', 'original_category': 'algae'}
  • {'name': '1_2_chev_diatom_medium', 'source': 'unknown', 'original_category': 'algae'}
  • {'name': '1_2_soil_seawater_medium', 'source': 'unknown', 'original_category': 'algae'}
  • {'name': '1_3_chev_diatom_medium', 'source': 'unknown', 'original_category': 'algae'}
  • {'name': '1_3_soil_seawater_medium', 'source': 'unknown', 'original_category': 'algae'}
  • {'name': '1_4_soil_seawater_medium', 'source': 'unknown', 'original_category': 'algae'}
  • {'name': '1_5_chev_diatom_medium', 'source': 'unknown', 'original_category': 'algae'}
  • {'name': '1_5_soil_seawater_medium', 'source': 'unknown', 'original_category': 'algae'}
  • {'name': '2x_chev_diatom_medium', 'source': 'unknown', 'original_category': 'algae'}
  • {'name': '2_3_chev_diatom_medium', 'source': 'unknown', 'original_category': 'algae'}
  • {'name': 'chev_diatom_medium', 'source': 'unknown', 'original_category': 'algae'}
  • {'name': 'cyanidium_medium', 'source': 'unknown', 'original_category': 'algae'}
  • {'name': 'cyanophycean_medium', 'source': 'unknown', 'original_category': 'algae'}
  • {'name': 'desmid_medium', 'source': 'unknown', 'original_category': 'algae'}
  • {'name': 'j_medium', 'source': 'unknown', 'original_category': 'algae'}
  • {'name': 'modified_chev_medium', 'source': 'unknown', 'original_category': 'algae'}
  • {'name': 'ochromonas_medium', 'source': 'unknown', 'original_category': 'algae'}
  • {'name': 'porphryridium_medium', 'source': 'unknown', 'original_category': 'algae'}
  • {'name': 'soilwater_bar_medium', 'source': 'unknown', 'original_category': 'algae'}
  • {'name': 'soilwater_pea_medium', 'source': 'unknown', 'original_category': 'algae'}
  • {'name': 'tap_medium', 'source': 'unknown', 'original_category': 'algae'}
  • {'name': 'trebouxia_medium', 'source': 'unknown', 'original_category': 'algae'}
  • {'name': 'modified_2x_chev_soil_medium', 'source': 'unknown', 'original_category': 'algae'}

Composition

flowchart LR
    CultureMech_000237["volvox_dextrose_medium"]
    ing0_1["1"]
    CultureMech_000237 --> ing0_1
    ing1_2["2"]
    CultureMech_000237 --> ing1_2
    ing2_3["3"]
    CultureMech_000237 --> ing2_3
    ing3_4["4"]
    CultureMech_000237 --> ing3_4

Ingredients (4)

# Ingredient Concentration Ontology Notes
1 1 variable G_PER_L Original amount: DYIII Medium
2 2 variable G_PER_L Original amount: Pea
3 3 variable G_PER_L Original amount: Soilwater: GR+ Medium
4 4 variable G_PER_L Original amount: DAS Vitamin Cocktail

Preparation

  1. Important Notes To Consider: The quality of water, including natural seawater, is important.
  2. The term 'dH2O' generally refers to distilled, deionized, distilled/deionized water, Milli-Q water (Millipore Corp.), etc.
  3. Natural seawater and natural freshwater should be obtained from a non-polluted source. When dissolving chemicals, wait for the first component to dissolve before adding the second.
  4. Stirring, and sometimes the addition of heat, is often required to dissolve the chemicals efficiently.
  5. Preparation of stock solutions for frequently made algal culture media make preparing media convenient but also necessary to avoid errors from weighing very tiny amounts. Attention should be given to the pH of the final medium.
  6. In most cases, if pH adjustment is required, this occurs before sterilization.
  7. Please note that autoclaving removes carbon dioxide from media lacking carbonate stabilizing buffers.
  8. This would make the medium very alkaline soon after removal from the autoclave.
  9. In these cases, you should wait approximately 24 hours for gaseous equilibrium before inoculating the medium.

Target organisms

No target organisms are recorded.

Provenance

Merged from 24 source records.

TimestampCuratorActionNotes
2026-01-28T00:00:00+00:00 utex-import Imported from UTEX Culture Collection Source ID: volvox-dextrose-medium, URL: https://utex.org/products/volvox-dextrose-medium
2026-03-13T06:18:53.678255Z culturemech-id-assigner-v1.0 Assigned CultureMech ID Assigned stable identifier: CultureMech:000237
2026-03-17T19:45:04.586169+00:00 normalize_media_names_to_snake_case.py NAME_NORMALIZED Normalized name from "Volvox-Dextrose Medium" to "volvox_dextrose_medium" for consistent matching
2026-05-16T09:02:57.101209+00:00 migrate_legacy_fields.py MIGRATED_LEGACY_FIELDS curation_history.date->timestamp=1; references.reference_id->reference=2; category->lowercase=1
2026-05-16T09:11:02.031193+00:00 migrate_preparation_steps.py MIGRATED_PREPARATION_STEPS instruction->action+description for 9 step(s)
2026-08-06T03:04:19.077173+00:00 recipe-merger Merged 24 duplicate recipes into canonical record Sources: 1_1_dyiii_pea_gr_medium, 1_2_CHEV_Diatom_Medium, 1_2_soil_seawater_medium, 1_3_CHEV_Diatom_Medium, 1_3_soil_seawater_medium, 1_4_soil_seawater_medium, 1_5_CHEV_Diatom_Medium, 1_5_soil_seawater_medium, 2X_CHEV_Diatom_Medium, 2_3_CHEV_Diatom_Medium, CHEV_Diatom_Medium, Cyanidium_Medium, Cyanophycean_Medium, Desmid_Medium, J_Medium, Modified_CHEV_Medium, Ochromonas_Medium, Porphryridium_Medium, Soilwater_BAR_Medium, Soilwater_PEA_Medium, TAP_Medium, Trebouxia_Medium, modified_2x_chev_soil_medium, volvox_dextrose_medium
2026-08-06T03:04:19.077281+00:00 merge_recipes.py MERGED_RECIPES merged 24 source recipe(s) on fingerprint 8e96dc5e83d405a518a3a93fcbaa8f6a21fd909fa989f73635fe74a093615f39