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A simple, accurate method for determining wet and dry weight concentrations of plant cell suspension cultures using
1Department of Chemical Engineering, Washington State University, 99164-2710, Pullman, WA, USA.
Abstract:
A simple method using microcentrifuge tubes for determining fresh and dry weights, and collecting cell-free supernatant from plant suspension cultures is described. This method offers improvements in accuracy, precision, and time efficiency over traditional filtration methods. Using 4-day-old Nicotinia tabacum cultures, the centrifuge method was shown to remove 25% more of the interstitial water from cell aggregates compared to a suction filtration method, with significantly less variation in fresh weight data.
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