During my service as Mycologist in Department of Medical Mycology, in Calcutta School of Tropical Medicine, we isolated many interesting fungi. But only a few of them are deposited in CMI, ATCC and NCPF due to financial constraints. Most cultures are lost after my retirement. No infra structure to maintain them in Calcutta School of Tropical Medicine. Depositing cultures support the study and helps in future verification of claims by the authors.
DOI : 10.13140/RG.2.2.16803.81441
It is very important to preserve different strains of pathogen for further comparisons, DNA sequencing etc.
Dear Anisetti,
I would strongly urge you to freeze-dry the fungal cultures yourself or send them to a research colleague that can do this for you. This will preserve the cultures for long periods of time when simply maintained in a freezer after freeze drying.
Best wishes, Dan
It is very important to preserve different strains of pathogen for further comparisons, DNA sequencing etc.
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