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Survival of Freeze Dried Bacterial Cultures
Author(s) -
Steel K. J.,
Ross Helen E.
Publication year - 1963
Publication title -
journal of applied bacteriology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.889
H-Index - 156
eISSN - 1365-2672
pISSN - 0021-8847
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2672.1963.tb04787.x
Subject(s) - gram , bacteria , biology , freeze drying , microbiology and biotechnology , chemistry , chromatography , genetics
The survival of 100 strains of bacteria, representing 15 genera, on freeze drying and during storage in the freeze dried state for 10 years has been assessed. Gram‐positive organisms tended to survive better than Gram‐negative. Viable organisms were recovered from all but one of the cultures.