Affiliation:
1. Department of Bacteriology, North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota 58102
Abstract
Lyophilized cells of
Bacillus popilliae
were protected from moisture when suspended in pellets of tung oil polymer which were then coated with paraffin wax. The survival of the protected cells at various levels of relative humidity (RH) and under various storage conditions was determined. During 6 months of storage, moisture appeared to have little effect on survival of the cells when the RH level was 22% or less; but, at higher RH levels, survival declined upon storage. Viable cells were recovered when pellets were stored for 3 months at 33% RH, 2 months at 42% RH, 1 month at 50% RH, and 4 days in distilled water. Under field conditions, some cells survived at least 1 week of storage.
Publisher
American Society for Microbiology
Subject
General Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics,General Immunology and Microbiology,General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology,General Medicine
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