[Nhcoll-l] sealing petri dishes for storage

Mon Jun 27 10:30:02 EDT 2016

Hi Dee,

might be worth to get into contact with mirri-people for dry storage of 
cultures; one of their partners might be "close" to you
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They might have more or different expertise ...
All the best
Dirk

Am 27.06.2016 um 16:24 schrieb Christian Baars:
>
> Hi Dee,
>
> Many, many (too many!) years ago I spent a summer looking after the 
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> live fresh water algal collections (when they still existed; to my 
> knowledge they don’t have them anymore, at least the field station 
> where the collection was kept does not exist anymore). They used to 
> store algae in either in liquid in culture vessels, or on agar plates 
> in petri dishes. Either way, both the vessel openings and the edges of 
> the petri dishes were taped up with Parafilm which is breathable 
> enough to allow for gas exchange but should keep unwanted spores out. 
> I can’t see why the same technique shouldn’t work well for mould 
> cultures so I would give it a go.
>
> Ironically, we had to check the cultures on a weekly basis for mould 
> infection and, if necessary, pick out individual algal cells to start 
> new, clean cultures.
>
> Best wishes
>
> Christian
>
> Christian Baars PhD AMA
>
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> Department of Collection Services  |  Cathays Park, Cardiff CF10 3NP, UK
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> *From:*nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu 
> [mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu] *On Behalf Of *Dee Stubbs-Lee
> *Sent:* 27 June 2016 15:09
> *To:* nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu
> *Subject:* [Nhcoll-l] sealing petri dishes for storage
>
> Can anyone recommend a good method for sealing plastic petri dishes 
> containing mold cultures for long term collections storage for our 
> botany department’s herbarium? Ideally, the method we are looking for 
> would be secure but reversible, in case we need to directly access the 
> samples in future. Some ideas we have considered include using strips 
> of Parafilm or white plumbers’ “tape” around the edges of the petri 
> dishes.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dee
>
> *Dee Stubbs-Lee*, CAPC, MA
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