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• BKM

  All-Union Collection of Microorganisms, Moscow, Russia

• BME

  Basal Medium Eagle

• BPE

  Collection of the late Dr B P Eddy, Low Temperature Research Station, Cambridge UK

• BR

  Dr B Rowe, Laboratory of Enteric Pathogens, London UK

• BRL

  Beecham Research Laboratory, Betchworth UK

• BSA

  Bovine Serum Albumin

• BSE

  Bovine spongiform encephalopathy

• BSS

  Balanced Salt Solution

• BUCSAV

  Biologicky Ustav, Ceskoslovenska Akademie Ved, Institute of Biology, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czechoslovakia

• Budapest Treaty

  A European-wide treaty/agreement of terms by which patents can be legally recognised under European law. This was put in place to combat the variation in patent regulations between so many different countries in Europe. ECACC is a recognised depository for patents under the Budapest Treaty.

• BUdr

  Bromo-deoxy Uridine

• BVDV

  Bovine Viral Diarrhoea Virus