Viability of Dried Bacterial Cultures:With a Note on the Immediate Death-Rate
- 1 September 1950
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Microbiology Society in Journal of General Microbiology
- Vol. 4 (3), 450-456
- https://doi.org/10.1099/00221287-4-3-450
Abstract
Cultures of 2724 strains from over 40 genera dried in a vacuum over phosphorus pentoxide for periods up to 14 yrs. were found to be 83% viable. Staphylococcus, Sarcina and Micrococcus were most resistant and Vibrio and Neisseria least. Some technical reasons, causing a high immediate death rate, for non-viability are also given, however.Keywords
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