A Simple, Effective Method for Bacterial Culture Storage: A Brief Technical Report
Author(s) -
Ryan Winters,
Washington C. Winn
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of bacteriology and virology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.179
H-Index - 12
eISSN - 2093-0429
pISSN - 1598-2467
DOI - 10.4167/jbv.2010.40.2.99
Subject(s) - fastidious organism , simple (philosophy) , microbiological culture , biochemical engineering , computer science , biology , computational biology , bacteria , engineering , genetics , philosophy , epistemology
Maintenance of large collections of bacterial cultures can be challenging, as individual species may necessitate specific storage techniques, and many important organisms are famously difficult to sustain in culture. We present a simple, cost-effective, reliable method for long-term storage of bacterial strains suitable for fastidious species.
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