title: An inexpensive portable incubator for tissue or cell cultures.
abstract: A lightweight incubator is described which is suitable for transporting cells or tissues maintained in Petri dishes. Since individual cultures are held in a sealed environment, sterility of samples is maintained, and pH remains stable for extended periods, even when bicarbonate buffered media is used. The incubator is battery powered, or may be connected to an automotive electrical power source. It has been designed to minimize exposure of the samples to mechanical shock. The components required for construction are inexpensive.
authors: Division of Biological Sciences, National Research Council, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
authors: G A
authors: GA
authors: Mealing
authors: J L
authors: JL
authors: Schwartz
mesh_terms: D046508:Culture Techniques / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D007185:Incubators