A SERUM-FREE AUTOCLAVED MEDIUM FOR GROWTH OF ANIMAL CELLS IN SUSPENSION

Abstract

A medium, sterilizable by autoclaving, was formulated for growth of animal cells in suspension culture. The medium contains peptone, proteose peptone, glutamine, and cysteine plus the salts and glucose described by Nagle for defined media. Methylcellulose is not required. Populations of HeLa, cat kidney, and L cells 4,100,000, 2,000,000 and 2,200,000 per ml were obtained after 22, 12, and 14 days of incubation, respectively. The medium provides a basis for studies leading to a heat-stable chemically defined medium. In its present form it is an easily prepared bacteriological-type medium with many possible applications in monolayer and suspended cell culture.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1966
Accession Number
AD0482602

Entities

People

  • Stanley C. Nagle Jr.

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Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Azo Compounds
  • Cell Line
  • Cells
  • Culture Media
  • Culture Techniques
  • Cysteine
  • Export Controls
  • Glutamine
  • Incubation
  • Indicator Dyes
  • Maryland
  • Monomolecular Films
  • New Brunswick
  • Pyruvates
  • United States
  • United States Government

Fields of Study

  • Biology

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  • Analytical Chemistry
  • Immunology
  • Microbial Pathology