ATCC? Number:50036?
Organism: Willaertia magna De Jonckheere et al.
Designations: T5(S)44
Isolation: thermally polluted water from nuclear power plant, Belgium, (?)
Depositors: JF De Jonckheere
Biosafety Level:1
Shipped: frozen
Growth Conditions: ATCCmedium 1034: Modified PYNFH medium (Available from ATCCas ATCCcat. no. 327-X)Temperature: 35.0°C Duration: axenic
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Type Strain: yes(type strain)
References: 4923: De Jonckheere JF, Dierickx PJ. Determination of acid phosphatase and leucine amino peptidase activity as an identification method for pathogenic Naegleria fowleri. Trans. R. Soc. Trop. Med. Hyg. 76: 773-775, 1982. PubMed: 7164144 5119: De Jonckheere JF. Isoenzyme patterns of pathogenic and non-pathogenic Naegleria spp. using agarose isoelectric focusing. Ann. Microbiol. 133: 319-342, 1982. 20971: De Jonckheere DG, et al. Willaertia magna gen. nov., sp. nov. (Vahlkampfiidae), a thermophilic amoeba found in different habitats. Protistologica 20: 5-13, 1984.