TABLE 1.

Effect of temperature and time on recovery of lyophilized C. trachomatis after storage at 1 week and 1 month

Serovar	Storage temp (°C)	% Recovery aftera:
		1 wk	1 mo
E	4	0.52 ± 0.38	0.53 ± 0.83
	20	0.69 ± 0.53	0.42 ± 0.71
	30	0.048 ± 0.022	0.041 ± 0.014
	37	—b	—
LGV2	4	0.59 ± 0.43	0.061 ± 0.037
	20	0.29 ± 0.22	0.043 ± 0.011
	30	0.021 ± 0.010	0.021 ± 0.014
	37	—	—

^aValues are means ± standard deviations.

^b—, no recovery.