Practice and prospects of microbial preservation

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 339, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-9

  Prakash, Om ^a   Nimonkar, Yogesh ^a   Shouche, Yogesh S ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTRE FOR CELL SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Cryopreservation; Dormancy; Lyophilization; Microbial resource centers

Indexed keywords

AGAR; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENT; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; DNA; GLYCEROL; LIQUID NITROGEN;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; CELL CULTURE; CELL DORMANCY; CELL METABOLISM; CELL PROTECTION; CELL RESUSCITATION; CELL SIZE; CELL STRESS; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL VIABILITY; COMMUNITY; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; COST; CRYOPRESERVATION; DNA EXTRACTION; DORMANCY; ECOSYSTEM; FREEZE DRYING; FUNDING; GENE MUTATION; GENE POOL; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC DRIFT; GENOTYPE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LONGEVITY; LOW TEMPERATURE PROCEDURES; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MICROBIAL PRESERVATION; NONHUMAN; PH; PHENOTYPE; PRESERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCEDURES CONCERNING CELLS; REHYDRATION; SHORT SURVEY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THAWING; TRICHODERMA;

BACTERIA; CRYOPRESERVATION; FREEZE DRYING; FUNGI; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES;

EID: 84872399032     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1574-6968.12034     Document Type: Short Survey

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