ATCC? Number:30893?
Organism: Naegleria fowleri Carter
Designations: 6088
Isolation: cerebrospinal fluid of 9-year-old human female, Deep Creek Hot Springs, San Bernardino National Forest, CA, 1978
Depositors: TH Dunnebacke
History: ATCC<<--TH Dunnebacke<<--J. Powers <<--- J. Seidel
Biosafety Level:2
Shipped: frozen
Growth Conditions: ATCCmedium 997: Fresh water ameba mediumTemperature: 35.0°C Duration: grown with Escherichia coli
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Comments: biochemical identification [4799]
References: 4799: Daggett PM, Nerad TA. The biochemical identification of vahlkampfiid amoebae. J. Protozool. 30: 126-128, 1983. PubMed: 6864593 5095: Powers JS, Abbot R. Epidemiologic notes and reports: Primary amebic meningoencephalitis - California, Florida, New York. Morb. Mortal. Wkly. Rep. 27: 343-344, 1978. 24057: Dunnebacke TH, Schuster FL. Morphological response of cultured cells to Naegleria amoeba cytopathogenic material. J. Cell Sci. 75: 1-16, 1985. PubMed: 3900104