consisting of members or elements of different kinds; of mixed character: a book of miscellaneous essays on American history. 2. having various qualities, aspects, or subjects: a miscellaneous discussion. Origin of miscellaneous.
exists and is an alternate of . When you store human blood and its components, there's little or no room for error. Red cells and whole blood, for instance, must be maintained strictly within the range of 1.0 to 6.0 degrees Celsius or 33.8 F to 42.8 F, with little or no tolerance for exceptions.
So you can store the blood or the purified DNA. But always use purified DNA for PCR. I would store the blood at -80Â°C, at least for long-terms. The pure DNA can be stored easily for several month at 4Â°C - in case the room in freezers is limited.