Preservation of Trichomonas vaginalis in liquid nitrogen.
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Preservation of Trichomonas vaginalis in liquid nitrogen.
In recent years some attention has been focused on the low temperature storage of various protozoa. The purpose of this work was to confirm that Trichomonas vaginalis can be preserved for several months at a temperature of -196°C. in liquid nitrogen. Weinman and McAllister (1947), who successfully preserved a number of pathogenic protozoa, failed to preserve T. vaginalis, and only a proportion ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Sexually Transmitted Infections
سال: 1970
ISSN: 1368-4973
DOI: 10.1136/sti.46.4.323