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IN view of the findings of Becquerel1 concerning the resistance of a wide variety of protozoa and algae to drying, it is rather surprising that more extensive efforts have not been made to preserve these cells in the dried state as is so commonly done with other micro-organisms.
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ANNEAR, D. Preservation of Strigomonas oncopelti in the Dried State. Nature 178, 413 (1956). https://doi.org/10.1038/178413a0
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