ATCC? Number:50163?
Organism: Giardia cati Deschiens
Designations: UPV:0685:1
Isolation: domestic cat; passed through Mongolian gerbil, Meriones unguiculatus, Philadelphia, PA, 1985
Depositors: CE Kirkpatrick
Biosafety Level:2
Shipped: frozen
Growth Conditions: ATCCmedium 2155: LYI Giardia Medium (filtered)Temperature: 35.0°C Duration: axenic; anaerobic
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Classification: KINGDOM: Archeozoa
References: 69888: Gookin JL, et al. Single-tube nested PCR for detection of tritrichomonas foetus in feline feces. J. Clin. Microbiol. 40: 4126-4130, 2002. PubMed: 12409385