From owner-drosophila@net.bio.net Tue Jan 24 22:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!agresearch.cri.nz!FidlerA From: FidlerA@agresearch.cri.nz ("Fidler, Andrew") Newsgroups: bionet.drosophila Subject: FW: Instant Media Date: 24 Jan 1995 19:46:42 -0800 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 13 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <01HM9R138XAQ8WWBNO@INVERMAY.CRI.NZ> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net ---------- From: Fidler, Andrew To: Drosophila Subject: Instant Media Date: Friday, 20 January 1995 12:39PM I am trying to produce an instant media for use in secondary school biology class.... one of these "just add water" type of mixes. The problem I'm facing is with the fungicide.... the fungicide I have been using, methylparaben, is not soluble in cold water and so isn't really suitable. Can anyone suggest an altenative that is readily water soluble? .