ATCC® Number:50351™
Organism: Naegleria morganensis Dobson et al.
Designations: SWL NG-236
Isolation: fresh water, River Murray, Morgan, Australia, 1984
Depositors: BS Robinson
Biosafety Level:1
Shipped: freeze-dried
Growth Conditions: ATCCmedium 997: Fresh water ameba mediumMax Temperature: 30.0°C Min Temperature: 25.0°C
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Type Strain: yes(type strain)
Comments: Zymodeme 44-2 [23932] Equals NG-236, maximum temperature tolerance 44C [23932]
References: 23932: Adams M, et al. A genetic approach to species criteria in the amoeba genus Naegleria using allozyme electrophoresis. Int. J. Parasitol. 19: 823-834, 1989. PubMed: 2635158 39008: Dobson PJ, et al. New thermophilic Naegleria species (Heterolobosea: Vahlkampfiidae) from Australia and Asia: allozyme, morphometric and physiological characterization. Acta Protozool. 36: 261-271, 1997. 61465: De Jonckheere JF. A century of research on the amoeboflagellate genus Naegleria. Acta Protozool. 41: 309-342, 2002.
