ATCC® Number:PRA-13™
Organism: Echinamoeba thermarum Baumgartner et al.
Designations: OSB1
Isolation: hot spring ( [88903] outflow of Octopus Spring, White Creek, Yellowstone National Park, WY)Wyoming, United States Isolation date: June, 1995
Depositors: KO Stetter, M Baumgartner
Biosafety Level:1
Shipped: frozen
Growth Conditions: ATCCmedium 2338: Echinamoeba brothATCCmedium 2339: Echinamoeba agarTemperature: 50.0°C Growth conditions: Grown with Rhodobacter sp., strain OSrt, ATCCBAA-867
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Type Strain: yes [88903]
Related Items: prey:ATCCBAA-867
References: 88903: Baumgartner M, et al. Cultivation and properties of Echinamoeba thermarum n. sp., an extremely thermophilic amoeba thriving in hot springs. Extremophiles 7: 267-274, 2003. PubMed: 12910386
