A METHOD FOR PRESERVING REFERENCE SPECIMENS OF ACTINOMYCETES

1 May 1957

journal article
research article
Published by American Society for Microbiology in Journal of Bacteriology

Vol. 73 (5) , 687-688
https://doi.org/10.1128/jb.73.5.687-688.1957

Abstract

Agar plate cultures preserved with 40% formaldehyde, sealed with rubber petri dish sealers and stored at 4[degree]C retain original characteristics for more than 2 years. The ready availability of reference cultures so prepared greatly facilitates identification work in the genus Streptomyces.

Keywords

ACTINOMYCES

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EKTACHROME TRANSPARENCIES AS AIDS IN ACTINOMYCETE CLASSIFICATION
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1954
VARIATION IN STREPTOMYCES
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1954