ATCC? Number:50706?
Organism: Acanthamoeba lenticulata Molet and Ermolieff-Braun
Designations: 118
Isolation: human nasal mucosa, Germany
Depositors: TJ Byers, R Michel
Biosafety Level:1
Shipped: frozen
Growth Conditions: ATCCmedium 712: PYGMax Temperature: 30.0°C Min Temperature: 27.0°C Duration: axenic
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Comments: Taxonomy and phylogeny based on SSU rRNA gene sequence home/pro/files/30135.spec
Cross References: Nucleotide (GenBank) : U9473618S small subunit ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence
Classification: KINGDOM: Protozoa
References: 32162: Stothard DR, et al. The evolutionary history of the genus Acanthamoeba and the identification of eight new 18S rRNA gene sequence types. J. Eukaryot. Microbiol. 45: 45-54, 1998. PubMed: 9495032 70302: Schroeder-Diedrich JM, et al. Group-I introns with unusual sequences occur at three sites in nuclear 18S rRNA genes of Acanthamoeba lenticulata. Curr. Genet. 34: 71-78, 1998. PubMed: 9683678