Murashige and Skoog Basal Medium
SIGMA/M5519 - powder, suitable for plant cell culture
Synonym: MS0 Medium; MSO Medium; MS Basal Medium
MDL Number: MFCD00240976
Product Type: Chemical
| application(s) | agriculture |
| form | powder |
| Quality Level | 200 ![]() |
| storage temp. | 2-8°C |
| technique(s) | cell culture | plant: suitable |
| Application: | Murashige and Skoog medium has been used in plant tissue culture medium for plant transformation study. |
| General description: | Murashige and Skoog medium is a widely used plant tissue culture growth medium. M&S Basal Medium contains macronutrients that include high levels of nitrate and organic additives such as agar, sugars, vitamins and growth regulators. Important growth regulators frequently added to M&S include IAA (auxin/morphogen) and the Kinetin (cytokinin/cell division promoter). |
| Preparation Note: | Formulated to contain 4.4 grams of powder per liter of medium. |
| Preparation Note: | Murashige and Skoog medium can be reconstituted from powder or by combining products that are major components of complete M&S medium, such as macronutrient mixtures and vitamin mixtures. Murashige and Skoog medium (M5519) contains the micronutrients and vitamins of the original classic formulation. It can be supplemented with sucrose, agar, auxins (IAA) and cytokinins (Kinetin) to generate a complete medium for growth plant tissue culture. |
| Preparation Note: | With the macro- and micronutrients, and vitamins as described by Murashige and Skoog (1962). Media Formulation ![]() |
| Symbol | ![]() GHS03,GHS07 |
| Signal word | Warning |
| Hazard statements | H272 - H319 |
| Precautionary statements | P210 - P220 - P264 - P280 - P305 + P351 + P338 - P337 + P313 |
| Hazard Codes | O,Xi |
| Risk Statements | 8-36/37/38 |
| Safety Statements | 26 |
| RIDADR | UN 1477 5.1 / PGII |
| WGK Germany | WGK 2 |
| Flash Point(F) | Not applicable |
| Flash Point(C) | Not applicable |
| Storage Temp. | 2-8°C |
| UNSPSC | 12352207 |



