ATCC? Number:30960?
Organism: Naegleria pringsheimi De Jonckheere
Designations: Singh (S)
Isolation: freshwater, England
Depositors: W Balamuth
History: ATCC<<--W Balamuth<<--B. Singh <<--- E.G. Pringsheim
Biosafety Level:1
Shipped: frozen
Growth Conditions: ATCCmedium 1034: Modified PYNFH medium (Available from ATCCas ATCCcat. no. 327-X)Temperature: 25.0°C Duration: axenic
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Comments: CCAP 1518/1s is no longer available from CCAP Maximum temperature tolerance 37C [23932] genetic cluster M [38900] Genetic cluster M [RF34321] = Naegleria gruberi cluster 3 [RF34247]. Equivalent to CCAP 1518/1s, Group I intron in SSUrRNA gene [23861]
References: 23861: De Jonckheere JF. A Group I intron in the SSUrDNA of some Naegleria spp. demonstrated by polymerase chain reaction amplification. J. Eukaryot. Microbiol. 40: 179-187, 1993. PubMed: 8461891 23932: Adams M, et al. A genetic approach to species criteria in the amoeba genus Naegleria using allozyme electrophoresis. Int. J. Parasitol. 19: 823-834, 1989. PubMed: 2635158 38900: Robinson BS, et al. Discontinuous genetic variation among mesophilic Naegleria isolates: Further evidence that N. gruberi is not a single species. J. Protozool. 39: 702-712, 1992. PubMed: 1453360 61465: De Jonckheere JF. A century of research on the amoeboflagellate genus Naegleria. Acta Protozool. 41: 309-342, 2002.