为什么病毒传播媒介中的保存液是有色的?

Why is the preservation solution in the virus Transport Medium colored?

病毒保存液又称核酸保存液、样品保存液. 通常分为灭活型和非灭活型. 一般来说, 灭活保存液无色, 因为灭活保存液的成分一般是无色的. The colored preservation solution is due to the addition of pH indicator phenol red. Phenol red shows yellow when it is acidic, red when it is neutral and purplish red when it is alkaline. Other types of indicators are similar. By observing the color change, we can quickly judge whether the pH value of the virus preservation solution has changed or whether there are long bacteria and deterioration.

Because the inactivated virus preservation solution is to inactivate the virus or bacteria to avoid secondary infection, some cleavage salt or guanidine salt will be added to achieve the effect of inactivating the virus.
The difference between non inactivated virus preservation solution and inactivated virus preservation solution is that it does not need to inactivate the virus, but to prolong the survival time of the virus in vitro and maintain the complete characteristics of the virus, so as to improve the accuracy of nucleic acid detection or do other research that does not just retain the nucleic acid of the virus.
The virus cannot survive in vitro and must parasitize in living cells, so the non inactivated virus preservation solution will add some liquid components that can prolong the survival time of virus parasitic cells, so as to indirectly improve the virus survival rate. 此外, the preservation solution also contains a variety of amino acids, 葡萄糖, sucrose, protein and other nutrients. These factors make it easier for non inactivated virus preservation solution to breed bacteria or deteriorate than inactivated virus preservation solution.