US PATENT SUBCLASS 435 / 260
.~ Preserving or maintaining micro-organism


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435 /   HD   CHEMISTRY: MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND MICROBIOLOGY

243  DF  MICRO-ORGANISM, PER SE (E.G., PROTOZOA, ETC.); COMPOSITIONS THEREOF; PROCES OF PROPAGATING, MAINTAINING OR PRESERVING MICRO-ORGANISMS OR COMPOSITIONS THEREOF; PROCESS OF PREPARING OR ISOLATING A COMPOSITION CONTAINING A MICRO-ORGANISM; CULTURE MEDIA THEREFOR {14}
260.~ Preserving or maintaining micro-organism


DEFINITION

Classification: 435/260

Preserving or maintaining microorganism:

(under subclass 243) Processes wherein a viable microorganism is rendered reversibly dormant.

(1) Note. This subclass includes preparing solvent dried and freeze dried cells.

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1, for processes of maintaining differentiated tissue or an organ in a viable state.

2, for processes or media for maintaining blood or sperm in a physiologically active state.

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241, Solid Material Comminution or Disintegration, particularly

2, for methods of and apparatus for the comminution of microorganisms or tissues.