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Revival of the Frozen Cultures
Learning ObjectivesDescribe steps to revive stored cultures
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Revival of the frozen cultures
Take the cryo vial with culture from the – 80°C freezer and place it in an ice bucket. Wipe off the outer surface with a 70% ethanol cotton swab and allow thawing on ice.
Inoculate a loopful of culture aseptically onto LJ media slopes. Then, incubate the inoculated LJ slopes for 4 weeks at 37°C.
Store the cryo vial with culture back at -80°C
Note: Repeated freeze and thaw will affect the viability of the stored cultures
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Revised National TB Control Programme
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Revival of frozen cultures is done by which of the following methods?
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Thawing | Heating | Boiling | Spinning | Answer 1 (Thawing) | Revival of frozen cultures is done by thawing on ice. |
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