[Nhcoll-l] Freezing specimens in spirit

[Haff, Tonya (NCMI, Crace)]

Hi all,

I have a question for you about freezing whole jars of specimens - what do you think the effect would be, and would you recommend it? My gut says NOOOOOOOO this is a terrible idea, but it has been suggested as a shortcut to kill potential pests before we move the collection into a new building. I personally think that the main thing we don't want to move into a new EtOH vault is mould, whose spores won't be killed by freezing anyway. But, I am open to ideas and I wanted to check with other people before loudly stamping down my foot...

Thanks!

Tonya

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Dr Tonya Haff
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Australian National Wildlife Collection
National Research Collections Australia, CSIRO
Canberra, Australia
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