ATCC? Number:50347?
Organism: Naegleria italica De Jonckheere
Designations: SWL NG-073
Isolation: geothermal mud, Italy, 1982
Depositors: BS Robinson
Biosafety Level:1
Shipped: freeze-dried
Growth Conditions: ATCCmedium 997: Fresh water ameba mediumTemperature: 37.0°C
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Comments: Zymodeme It-1 [23932] [23861] Equivalent to NG-036 (AB-T-F3); maximum temperature tolerance 42C [23932] [38900]
References: 23861: De Jonckheere JF. A Group I intron in the SSUrDNA of some Naegleria spp. demonstrated by polymerase chain reaction amplification. J. Eukaryot. Microbiol. 40: 179-187, 1993. PubMed: 8461891 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 38899: De Jonckheere JF. Comparison of partial SSU rRNA sequences suggests revisions of species names in the genus Naegleria. Eur. J. Protistol. 30: 333-341, 1994. 38900: Robinson BS, et al. Discontinuous genetic variation among mesophilic Naegleria isolates: Further evidence that N. gruberi is not a single species. J. Protozool. 39: 702-712, 1992. PubMed: 1453360 61465: De Jonckheere JF. A century of research on the amoeboflagellate genus Naegleria. Acta Protozool. 41: 309-342, 2002.