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Cryopreservation and Reawakening

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Laboratories like the American Type Culture Collection (Rockville, MD) have been using freeze-drying or lyophilization techniques as a means of preserving microorganisms for more than 50 years. There are numerous variations of the method, and elaborate equipment is available to improve environmental control and to allow large numbers of samples to be processed.

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Wagner, L.W., Van Dyk, T.K. (1998). Cryopreservation and Reawakening. In: LaRossa, R.A. (eds) Bioluminescence Methods and Protocols. Methods in Molecular Biology™, vol 102. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1385/0-89603-520-4:123

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