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PRESERVATION OF BACTERIA OVER LIQUID NITROGEN
Author(s) -
Hansman David
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1974.tb93261.x
Subject(s) - subculture (biology) , bacteria , liquid nitrogen , nitrogen , phase (matter) , liquid phase , microbiology and biotechnology , chemistry , biology , genetics , physics , organic chemistry , thermodynamics
Bacteria, including delicate human pathogens, can be safely preserved over liquid nitrogen by using vapour phase storage. A large number of isolates (exceeding 400) can be handled concurrently by this procedure, which also permits ready and repeated subculture.