Preservation of Chloroflexus by deep-freezing and liquid-drying methods

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 73-77

  Malik, Khursheed A ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE DSMZ GERMAN COLLECTION OF MICROORGANISMS AND CELL CULTURES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anaerobic conditions; Chloroflexus aggregans; Chloroflexus aurantiacus; Cryopreservation; Liquid drying

Indexed keywords

DESICCANT; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; LIQUID NITROGEN;

ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; CHLOROFLEXUS AGGREGANS; CHLOROFLEXUS AURANTIACUS; CRYOPRESERVATION; DILUTION; NONHUMAN; PHOTOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STORAGE; TECHNIQUE;

CHLOROFLEXUS; CHLOROFLEXUS AGGREGANS; CHLOROFLEXUS AURANTIACUS;

EID: 0031882920     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-7012(98)00002-5     Document Type: Article

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