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The Preservation of Bacteria by Drying in Peptone Plugs*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

D. I. Annear
D. I. Annear
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge
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1. A new method for the preservation of bacteria by drying is described.

2. Marked differences between organisms were found with respect to the relationship between growth phase and recoveries after drying.

3. Recoveries of several strains of neisseriae and vibrios, both immediately after drying and after storage, were considerably higher than any previously recorded for similar species of these genera.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Hygiene , Volume 54 , Issue 4 , December 1956 , pp. 487 - 508
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1956

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