DMSO

[Stephen_W._Mamber_at_~PRIWFB05 at ccmail.bms.com]

I use 100% DMSO as a sample solvent for agar diffusion assays w/Saccharomyces, 
Candida, and Penicillium spp.   It doesn't touch them (no inhibition zones).  In
liquid dilution assays I can get by with as much as 10% DMSO.  I also use 8.75% 
DMSO to preserve yeast cultures (in media) at -80 C.  Sorry! 

SWM

mamber at synapse.bms.com
      
      
      
>>Greetings,
Can anyone help with references regarding the anti-fungal properities of 
DMSO?? Is there any data out there that supports its use as an anti-fungal 
and if so are there any reported MIC values??
     
Thank-you,
     
M.A. Ball, DVM
Department Clinical Science
College Veterinary Medicine
Cornell University<<