Progress report for improvement of the subsurface microbial culture collection

Technical Report · Mon Aug 15 04:00:00 EDT 1988

OSTI ID:6769807

Balkwill, D L

Funds are requested to promote more efficient operation of the Subsurface Microbial Culture Collection (SMCC) that is currently housed in our laboratory at The Florida State University. We will improve the operation of the SMCC by accomplishing two objectives: (1) We will speed the production of lyophilized (freeze-dried) strains by acquiring and applying new technology. (2) We will expand our quality assurance/quality control measures by re-examination of an increased number of strains and by distribution of preserved cultures to other laboratories for comparison analysis. Accomplishment of these objectives will help us to produce a greater number of the preserved microbial cultures that are likely to be used in future DOE-sponsored research on remediation of groundwater contamination and to ensure that the SMCC database (which describes the cultures in the SMCC) will also be of value in such investigations.

• Research Organization: Florida State Univ., Tallahassee (USA). Dept. of Biological Science
• DOE Contract Number: FG05-88ER60685
• OSTI ID: 6769807
• Report Number(s): DOE/ER/60685-1; ON: DE88017246
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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