ATCC? Number:50152?
Organism: Tritrichomonas foetus (Riedmuller) Wenrich and Emerson
Designations: KV1-1MR-100
Isolation: derived from KV1, ATCC30924, Prague, Czechoslovakia, 1977
Depositors: M Muller
History: ATCC<<--M Muller<<--J. Kulda
Biosafety Level:2
Shipped: frozen
Growth Conditions: ATCCmedium 2154: LYI Entamoeba mediumTemperature: 35.0℃ Duration: axenic; anaerobic Protocol: at pH 7.0
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Comments: In vitro anaerobic metronidazole resistant.
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