Chapter title |
Freeze-drying of yeast cultures.
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Chapter number | 6 |
Book title |
Cryopreservation and Freeze-Drying Protocols
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Published in |
Methods in molecular biology, January 2007
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DOI | 10.1007/978-1-59745-362-2_6 |
Pubmed ID | |
Book ISBNs |
978-1-58829-377-0, 978-1-59745-362-2
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Authors |
Bond, Chris, Chris Bond |
Editors |
John G. Day, Glyn N. Stacey |
Abstract |
A method is described that allows yeast species to be stored using a variation on the standard freeze-drying method, which employs evaporative cooling in a two-stage process. Yeast cultures are placed in glass ampoules after having been mixed with a lyoprotectant. Primary drying is carried out using a centrifuge head connected to a standard freeze-dryer. Once the centrifuge head is running, air is removed and evaporated liquid is captured in the freeze-dryer. Centrifugation continues for 15 min and primary drying for a further 3 h. The ampoules are constricted using a glass blowing torch. They are then placed on the freeze-dryer manifold for secondary drying under vacuum overnight, using phosphorus pentoxide as a desiccant. The ampoules are sealed and removed from the manifold by melting the constricted section. Although the process causes an initial large drop in viability, further losses after storage are minimal. Yeast strains have remained viable for more than 30 yr when stored using this method and sufficient cells are recovered to produce new working stocks. Although survival rates are strain specific, nearly all National Collection of Yeast Cultures strains covering most yeast genera, have been successfully stored with little or no detectable change in strain characteristics. |
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