METHOD FOR PRESERVING MICROORGANISMS AT AMBIENT TEMPERATURE, AND COMPOSITION

摘要

The invention relates to a method for preserving microorganisms at ambient temperature, wherein: - a composition, referred to as the preservative composition, is prepared, said composition comprising the microorganisms to be preserved and a medium for preserving said microorganisms, characterized in that: the preservative medium comprises at least one compound, referred to as the preservative compound and selected from the group made up of compounds having at least one previously determined inhibitory proportion of the preservative compound in the preservative composition, which: inhibits the growth of the microorganisms in the preservative composition at ambient temperature; and is not lethal for the microorganisms; and further characterized in that the preservative compound is contained in the preservative composition in a proportion greater than the above previously determined inhibitory proportion and in a proportion that is not lethal to the microorganisms; and wherein the preservative composition is kept at ambient temperature so as to preserve the microorganisms. The invention relates in particular to a method of this kind, in which the preservative compound is a carbonic ester of glycerol .