ATCC? Number:PRA-65?
Organism: Perkinsus chesapeaki McLaughlin et al.
Designations: CHBRMa-14/B5
Isolation: marine invertebrate Maryland, United States
Depositors: C Dungan
Biosafety Level:2
Shipped: frozen
Growth Conditions: ATCCmedium 1886: Perkinsus broth mediumTemperature: 25.0°C Duration: axenic
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Type Strain: yes
Comments: This is a hapantotype strain. Isolated from the Soft-shelled Clam, Mya arenaria collected in the Buoy Rock area of the Chester River as part of 2002 Maryland Clam Survey. [16172926]
References: 16172926: Reece KS, et al. Molecular epizootiology of Perkinsus marinus and P. chesapeaki infections among wild oysters and clams in Chesapeake Bay, USA. Dis. Aquat. Org. 82: 237-248, 2008.