Intravaginal culture incubation container and method

An intravaginal culture (IVC) container comprising:

• a container body sized and configured for intravaginal accommodation, having a smooth outer surface, and made of a CO2 permeable material;
• a tubular cylindrical shaped cup for enveloping the container body intravaginally;
• an inner vessel within the container body, the inner vessel comprising a main chamber, the internal volume of the main chamber being 1.4 ml,
• wherein an inner wall surface of the main chamber of the inner vessel tapers gradually and flows towards the bottom of the inner vessel with no separate microchamber,
• wherein an upper part of the inner vessel tapers and flows seamlessly down to a bottom part, and there is no separate microchamber;
• an inverted domed cap that displaces a volume of biological medium in the inner vessel to remove air bubbles during cap closure;
• wherein the inner vessel comprises
• an orifice with a resealable closure means for selectively opening and closing the orifice, the resealable closure means comprising an interior sleeve opening on to one end of the container and a cap member having a throttle passage and a means for compressing the inverted dome-shaped cap member to collapse and seal the throttle passage, thereby closing off the IVC container chamber.