E.coli at RT ???????????????

[R. Jayakumar]

just send them on filter discs.  that should last for weeks.

jayakumar


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <ParentE at dfo-mpo.gc.ca>
To: <microbio at hgmp.mrc.ac.uk>
Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2001 12:29 AM
Subject: Help: E.coli at RT ???????????????


> Hello all.
> 
> I have to send some cloned E.coli  DH5 from the US to Canada. As I had
> problems in the past with samples taking a long time to clear customs, I
> would like to know how long and E.coli in glycerol can stay at room
> temperature before I get into trouble? Just in case...
> 
> I'm sorry for the basic question, but I'm really not a microbiologist
> 
> Thank you
> 
> 
> 
> Eric Parent
> aurice Lamontagne Institute
> Fisheries and Oceans Canada
> Invertebrates and Experimental Biology
> 850 route de la mer, P.O. box. 1000
> Mont-Joli, Qc 
> Canada 
> G5H 3Z4
> 
> parente at dfo-mpo.gc.ca
> http://www.qc.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/iml/en/intro.htm
> 
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