You have several options, CO2 not being one of them: 1- storage at -20ºC 2- cover the sections with melted paraffin and store them like that 3- immerse them in mineral oil, or 4- hold them in nitrogen. René J.
--- On Sun, 5/30/10, Douglas Gregg <classic...@gmail.com> wrote: From: Douglas Gregg <classic...@gmail.com> Subject: [Histonet] Storage of control slides for Chlamydia To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Date: Sunday, May 30, 2010, 7:29 PM Histonetters, Some of you surely cut control slides for Chlamydia trachomatis and store them for use in future tests. Can you tell me how long you can store them and under what conditions. I was thinking of cutting paraffin sections and storing them at -20. I could gas the storage box with CO2 to eliminate O2 but maybe that is not necessary. I would deparaffinize them after taking them out of the freezer. Any suggestions. Some antigens won't hold up to long term storage, but I don't know about Chlamydia. Thanks for any help. Douglas Gregg DVM PhD Veterinary pathologist _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet
