X-Message-Number: 9674
Date: Sun, 10 May 1998 03:14:43 -0700 (PDT)
From: Doug Skrecky <>
Subject: freeze-drying of neisseria gonorrhocac

Cryobiology 11: 73-79 1974

"Effect of Carbohydrates and Related Compounds on the Long-Term
Preservation of Freeze-Dried Bacteria"

(Note: After initial drying log survival was 6.)

Suspending Medium      Log Survival After 12 Months
 serum plus 5% of        22 C       30 C     37 C
adonitol                  6          5        1
arabinose                 0          0        0
cellobiose                5          4        2
dulcitol                  6          6        5
erythritol                4          3        0
fructose                  5          4        0
galactose                 5          0        0
glucose                   5          4        0
glycerol                  0          0        0
inositol                  6          6        5
lactose                   5          -        3
maltose                   5          3        0
mannitol                  6          6        4
mannose                   5          2        0
raffinose                 4          4        3
rhamnose                  1          0        0
sorbitol                  6          6        4
sorbose                   4          3        0
sucrose                   5          5        4
trehalose                 5          5        4
xylose                    0          0        0

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