Abstract
When equal volumes of 6% lactose and a broth culture of Yersinia pestis were mixed before freezing, approximately 50% of the cells survived lyophilization and reconstitution on the following day. Concomitantly, the number of viable cells per 50% lethal dose increased from about 16 to 125 organisms. On subsequent storage of the lyophilized cells under vacuum in glass ampoules at 4 degrees C for 25 years, more than 25% of the cells remained viable. When stored cultures were assayed immediately after reconstitution, virulence for mice was significantly reduced (as many as 4,000 cells/50% lethal dose), but the virulence was fully restored when reconstituted cultures were held for 24 h at room temperature, or when a subculture was prepared in fresh medium.
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