A Simple Method of Preserving Pneumococcal Cultures Unchanged for Several Weeks

Original article

English

I. M. Kashbur

Chairman, Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Al-Arab Medical University, Benghazi, Libya.

Garyounis Medical Journal Vol. 14, No. 1-2. January/July 1991: 69-71

Abstract

Pneumococci are highly sensitive organisms that cannot be kept alive on culture for more than 2- 3 days. This paper describes a method which enables laboratories to keep viable pneumococci on culture for at least 28 days in an unchanged state.

Keywords: A Simple Method of Preserving Pneumococcal Cultures Unchanged for Several Weeks

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