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Methanol Fixation

lamb L.A.M.Buisman at chello.nl
Thu Jul 19 13:57:55 EST 2001


Usually half to one minute exposure.
Heatfixation is cheaper and usually good enough.
If morphology of body cells is very important it might be worthwhile trying
methanol.

Loes

Joyce & Tim wrote:

> Does anyone have any information or a procedure for methanol fixation in
> bacterial smear preparation. I understand this technique produces less
> damage during prep since heating with a burner or incinerator is not
> required.
>
> T. Burger
> Dept. of Biological Sciences
> Scott Community College
> 500 Belmont Road
> Bettendorf, IA 52722
>
> tburger at eiccd.cc.ia.us

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Waarom schrijf ik dit eigenlijk .....
Ach, je weet maar nooit waar dit terecht komt.





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