ATCC? Number:PRA-290?
Organism: Balamuthia mandrillaris Visvesvara et al.
Designations: CDC:V416
Isolation: Brain tissue from 10 year old female human, S. Brisbane, Australia
Depositors: G Visvesvara
Biosafety Level:2
Shipped: frozen
Growth Conditions: ATCCmedium 2222: 7049 7049Temperature: 35-37.0°C Growth condition: Grown on Vero cells ATCCCCL-81
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Comments: Genotyping based on SSU rDNA and mitochondrial rDNA [16173287]
Classification: KINGDOM: Protozoa
References: 16173176: Schuster FL, et al. Under the radar: balamuthia amebic encephalitis. Clin. Infect. Dis. 48: 879-887, 2009. PubMed: 19236272 16173287: Booton GC, et al. Genotyping of Balamuthia mandrillaris based on nuclear 18S and mitochondrial 16S rRNA genes. Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 68: 65-69, 2003. PubMed: 12556151