title: Simplified storage and retrieval of stock cultures.
abstract: Multiple replicate units of stock cultures of certain bacteria and yeasts can be prepared, stored, and retrieved for use with a minimum of effort. The method involves the coating of sterile glass beads with a mixture of equal parts of broth culture and horse blood, and storage of the coated beads in a single, labeled, plastic tube in a mechanical freezer.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001419:Bacteria; D001431:Bacteriological Techniques; D001769:Blood; D003470:Culture Media; D005615:Freezing; D005898:Glass; D005947:Glucose; D006736:Horses; D010710:Phosphates; D015003:Yeasts
chemical_list: D003470:Culture Media; D010710:Phosphates; D005947:Glucose