ATCC? Number:50350?
Organism: Naegleria pagei De Jonckheere
Designations: SWL NG-230
Isolation: water supply, Wirrabara, Australia, 1982
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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Comments: Zymodeme Gr-5 [23932] Equals NG-230, maximum temperature tolerance 37C [38900] This strain is a member of Naegleria sp. genetic cluster I [38900]
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 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. 61469: De Jonckheere JF. Evidence for the ancestral origin of group I introns in the SSUrDNA of Naegleria spp.. J. Eukaryot. Microbiol. 41: 457-463, 1994. PubMed: 7804245