ATCC? Number:50062?
Organism: Amastigomonas sp.
Designations: 202 35m SS
Isolation: Sargasso Sea, Atlantic Ocean, 1981
Depositors: PG Davis 
Biosafety Level:1
Shipped: frozen 
Growth Conditions: ATCCmedium 1361: Marine flagellate mediumATCCmedium 1525: Seawater 802 mediumMax Temperature: 25.0°C Min Temperature: 18.0°C Duration: grown with Enterobacter aerogenes ATCC13048 and mixed bacteria
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Comments: Presence of unusual DNA base, Beta-D-glucosyl-hydroxymethyluracil  [38280]
Classification: KINGDOM: Protozoa
References:  38280: van Leeuwen F, et al. beta-D-glucosyl-hydroxymethyluracil is a conserved DNA modification in kinetoplastid protozoans and is abundant in their telomeres.  Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 95: 2366-2371, 1998. PubMed: 9482891 71066: Cavalier-Smith T, Chao EE-Y. Phylogeny of choanozoa, apusozoa, and other protozoa and early eukaryote megaevolution.  J. Mol. Evol. 56: 540-563, 2003. PubMed: 12698292