When a suspension containing a mixture of viable and nonviable cells is layered over a dense ficoll-metrizoate solution and centrifuged, most of the viable cells are retained at the interface above the dense solution; whereas most of the nonviable cells are distributed in other fractions. The cells recovered from the interface are capable of subsequent growth in culture.
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