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To grow in the laboratory mass cultures of hydra by two methods: the tray method, which yields numbers of animals ranging from 10,000 to 100,000 at a time; and the vertical plate method, which can yield kilogram quantities (wet weight) monthly.
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Lenhoff, H.M. (1983). Culturing Large Numbers of Hydra. In: Lenhoff, H.M. (eds) Hydra: Research Methods. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-0596-6_9
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