ATCC? Number:50177?
Organism: Blastocystis hominis Brumpt
Designations: Nand II
Isolation: human with diarrhea, NIH, Bethesda, MD, 1979
Depositors: CH Zierdt
Biosafety Level:2
Shipped: frozen
Growth Conditions: ATCCmedium 1671: Blastocystis egg mediumTemperature: 35.0°C Growth condition: Axenic, anaerobic
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Comments: 16S-like ribosomal RNA gene. Sequence U51151 [32329] DNA polymorphism [18378] Subtype 1 based on SSU rDNA sequence analysis [16172993]
Cross References: Nucleotide (GenBank) : U51151 Blastocystis hominis 16S-like ribosomal RNA gene.
Classification: KINGDOM: Chromista
References: 18378: Nagono I, et al. DNA polymorphism revealed by arbitrary primers polymerase chain reaction among Blastocystis strains isolated from humans, a chicken, and a reptile. J. Eukaryot. Microbiol. 43: 127-130, 1996. PubMed: 8720942 32329: Silberman JD, et al. Human parasite finds taxonomic home. Nature 380: 398, 1996. PubMed: 8602239 70724: Arisue N, et al. Sequence heterogeneity of the small subunit ribosomal RNA genes among Blastocystis isolates. Parasitology 126: 1-9, 2003. PubMed: 12613758 16172993: Jones MS, et al. Detection of Blastocystis from stool samples using real-time PCR. Parasitol. Res. 103:551-557, 2008. PubMed: 18488250