J Bacteriol Virol.  2010 Jun;40(2):99-101. 10.4167/jbv.2010.40.2.99.

A Simple, Effective Method for Bacterial Culture Storage: A Brief Technical Report

• Winters RD
• Winn WC

• KMID: 1456273
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4167/jbv.2010.40.2.99

Abstract

Maintenance of large collections of bacterial cultures can be challenging, as individual species may necessitate specific storage techniques, and many important organisms are famously difficult to sustain in culture. We present a simple, cost-effective, reliable method for long-term storage of bacterial strains suitable for fastidious species.

Keyword

Bacterial culture; Long-term storage

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