A cryopreservation procedure for the rumen protozoon Entodinium caudatum: Estimation of its viability by fluorescence microscopy

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 164-168

  De La Fuente, G ^a   Cebrian J A ^a   Fondevila, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cryopreservation; Entodinium caudatum; Fluorescence staining; Rumen protozoa; Viability

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS PRESERVATION; FLUORESCENCE; THAWING;

COOLING RATES; CRYO-PRESERVATION; ENTODINIA CAUDATA; FLUORESCENCE METHOD; FLUORESCENCE STAINING; MEMBRANE INTEGRITY; RUMEN PROTOZOA; STAINING METHOD; VARIATION COEFFICIENT; VIABILITY;

FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY;

CRYOPRESERVATION; PROTOZOAN; VIABILITY;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MOTILITY; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CRYOPRESERVATION; ENTODINIUM CAUDATUM; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE CULTIVATION; PROTOZOON; RUMINANT STOMACH; STAINING; TECHNIQUE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THAWING;

ENTODINIUM CAUDATUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 1242315408     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2003.01464.x     Document Type: Article

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