Abstract
Summary
A method for tissue culture of Hydra cells is described. The removal of parasitic microsporadia from the Hydra cells and addition of Hydra bud extract to the culture medium are essential for a successful growth in vitro. Under the proposed procedures, the cultivated cells apparently have the features only of interstitial cells. Mitotic division in some of the cultured cells has been demonstrated.
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