X-Message-Number: 9653
Date: Fri, 8 May 1998 09:47:42 -0700 (PDT)
From: Doug Skrecky <>
Subject: freezing and freeze-drying escherichia coli bacteria

Cryobiology 10: 475-487 1973

"The Function of the Suspending Medium During the Freeze-Drying
Preservation of Escherichia Coli"

Added Solute     Freezing Survival  Freeze-drying Survival
glucose 1%              33%                 62%
glucose 10%             40                  78
inositol 1%             28                   1
inositol 10%            38                   1
mannitol 1%             10                   0.1
mannitol 10%            40                   1
sorbitol 1%             35                  51
sorbitol 10%            52                  66

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