
Key Features
* Written by hands-on experts in their respective fields
*Contains helpful tables and protocols for preserving or maintaining cells, cultures and viruses
*Discusses means to preserve cells by freezing, lyophilization, drying, cyoprotection, spore storage, continuous propagation and subculturing when absolutely necessary, and others
*Gives information needed to test cultures for stable retention of important characteristics
*Gives principles needed to devise and evaluate preservation strategies for newly identified and newly engineered cells and organisms
*Lists culture sources for each class of organism
*Includes information for characterizing and monitoring recombinant organisms, especially important because of their propensity for genetic stability
*Discusses the history of the continually evolving field of culture preservation
*Examines the importance of genetically stable cultures as it relates to maintaining patent positions.
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