Silica gel media for isolating and studying bacteria under hydrostatic pressure

Allan S. Dietz, A. Aristides Yayanos

Applied and Environmental Microbiology · 1978 · 49 citations · 9 references

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Individual colonies of micrococcus euryhalis and of a marine bacterial isolate were grown in pour tubes under hydrostatic pressure. The medium was prepared in a silica sol, and gelation was effected at 4 degrees C by addition of salts to achieve concentrations found in seawater.

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