Collection and Preservation of Frozen Microorganisms

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 675, Issue , 2011, Pages 313-326

  Tedeschi, Rosamaria ^a   De Paoli, Paolo ^a  

^a CENTRO DI RIFERIMENTO ONCOLOGICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cryogenic preservation; Long term storage

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; CRYOPRESERVATION; FREEZING; GENETIC DRIFT; LOW TEMPERATURE; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; VIRUS RECOMBINANT; YEAST; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; FUNGUS; METHODOLOGY; PRESERVATION; VIRUS;

BACTERIA; CRYOPRESERVATION; FREEZING; FUNGI; PRESERVATION, BIOLOGICAL; VIRUSES;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 79952118474     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: 19406029     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-59745-423-0_18     Document Type: Chapter

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