Colony growth as a step towards axenization of Blastocystis isolates
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Protocol for Human Blastoids Modeling Blastocyst Development and Implantation
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1Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore.
Parasitology Research
|August 4, 1999
Abstract:
Colonies of Blastocystis from non-axenic cultures grown in agar medium were isolated from bacterial colonies. Axenization of human and reptilian isolates of Blastocystis was achieved using antibiotic treatment to lower bacterial numbers, followed by colony growth to isolate pure parasite colonies.
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