Maintenance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis on glass beads

Annals of Clinical and Laboratory Science

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 51-54

  Giampaglia, Carmen Maria Saraiva ^a   De Brito, Artemir Coelho ^a   Martins, Maria Conceição ^a   Ueki, Suely Yoko Mizuka ^a   Latrilha, Fabio Oliveira ^a   De Oliveira, Rosângela Siqueira ^a   Yamauchi, Jonas Umeoka ^a   Da Silva Telles, Maria Alice ^a  

^a INSTITUTO ADOLFO LUTZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Library of microbial strains; Mycobacterial cryopreservation; Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

GLASS;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIABILITY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; FREEZING; GROWTH RATE; LOW TEMPERATURE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHELF LIFE; STORAGE;

GLASS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MICROSPHERES; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRESERVATION, BIOLOGICAL;

MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 60249099792     PISSN: 00917370     EISSN: 15508080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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