An improved cell culture medium for crustacean cells

Abstract

A cell culture medium that sustains the growth of cells obtained from a crustacean in vitro. Indeed, the disclosure describes a cell culture medium comprising a specific salt composition, in part responsible for the correct osmolality and pH, a specific amino acid and vitamin composition, energy sources such as glucose, and crustacean hemolymph. This disclosure further shows that the cell culture medium is capable of keeping cells obtained from shrimp and lobster viable for long periods of time even after passaging the cells into subcultures and inducing the cells to proliferate. The cultured cells are, for example, useful for performing physiological studies on certain genes (by genetic engineering) and for doing research and diagnosis on crustacean pathogens.

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