2016-08-242016-08-241976-02-17http://hdl.handle.net/10919/72740Disclosure is made of a novel assembly for transporting anaerobic microbes from clinical patient to laboratory. The assembly provides a convenient and reliable means of maintaining microbial viability in the critical period between collection and deposition in a culturing environment.application/pdfen-USPatenthttp://pimg-fpiw.uspto.gov/fdd/44/390/039/0.pdf5570641435/30435/288.1435/304.1435/309.1600/572C12M23/08C12M33/02C12M45/223939044