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Cell Culture
Techniques Glossary
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| Abbreviations |
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| ACDP |
Advisory Committee on Dangerous Pathogens |
| BSA |
Bovine Serum albumin |
| BSE |
Bovine spongiform encephalopathy |
| BVDV |
Bovine viral diarrhoea virus |
| FBS |
Fetal bovine serum |
| EC |
European Community |
| ECACC |
European Collection of Cell Cultures |
| FDA |
Food and Drug Administration |
| FCS |
Fetal Calf Serum |
| HEPA |
High Efficiency Particulate Air |
| MCB |
Master Cell Bank |
| NAMAS |
National Accreditation of Measurement and Sampling |
| NCTC |
National Collection of Type Cultures |
| PPE |
Personal Protective Equipment |
| USDA |
United States Department of Agriculture |
| WCB |
Working Cell Banks |
| Chemical Symbols |
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| Ca2+ |
calcium ion |
| CO2 |
carbon dioxide |
| DMSO |
dimethyl sulphoxide |
| Mg2+ |
magnesium ion |
| O2 |
oxygen |
| PBS |
phosphate buffered saline |
| TGM |
Thioglycollate medium |
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- 40 Species
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Sigma-Aldrich and ECACC would like to thank Dr. Alison Stacey, Cambridge, UK and Labcaire, Clevedon, UK for their help in compiling this laboratory handbook.
Front Cover Image: Artist's impression of a nuclear pore. © Moyra Campbell 2001. moyrac@ukonline.co.uk.
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