Visible morphological changes in cell cultures caused by viral infections are called cytopathic effects (CPE). The degree of visible changes to cells caused by viral infection varies with the type of...
Tag: Viral Culture Technique
Shell vial cell culture, a centrifuge-enhanced tissue culture assay, is a modification of conventional cell culture for the rapid detection of viruses in vitro. Rapid shell vial cultures are used to...
Embryonated chicken eggs are used for the cultivation of some viruses. The viruses grow in the cells of the embryo and membranes. Specimens are inoculated into pathogen-free fertilized eggs of...
Bacteriophage “bacteria eaters” are infectious agents that replicate as obligate intracellular parasites in bacteria but in extracellular environment they are metabolically inert. A typical phage...
Cell culture refers to the process by which cells are grown in a controlled artificial environment. Cells can be maintained in vitro (outside of their original body) by this process which is quite...
At any time during the culture of a cell strain, cells in the culture may become transformed, meaning that they are no longer subject to crisis and senescence but can be passage indefinitely i.e....
