ATCC? Number:30866?
Organism: Acanthamoeba healyi Moura et al.
Designations: OC-3A [AC-020]
Isolation: St Martin's River, MD, 1977
Depositors: TK Sawyer
History: ATCC<<--TK Sawyer<<--E.J. Lewis/T.K. Sawyer
Biosafety Level:2
Shipped: freeze-dried
Growth Conditions: ATCCmedium 712: PYGTemperature: 25.0°C Duration: axenic Protocol: ATCCNO: 30010 SPEC: This strain is distributed as a freeze-dried preparation. See the general procedures for opening a freeze-dried vial. Aseptically add 0.5 ml of ice cold medium containing 12% (w/v) sucrose to the freeze-dried inner shell vial. Once the culture is completely rehydrated, aseptically add 1 ml of ATCCmedium 712 and distribute to a 16 X 125 mm plastic screw-capped test tube or a T-25 tissue culture flask containing 5.0 ml of the same medium. Incubate the test tube culture horizontally with the cap on tight. Trophozoites should be evident in 1-5 days.
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Comments: Taxonomy based on isoenzyme profiles and rDNA PCR-RFLP patterns [32205] characterization of Acanthamoeba polyphaga [4673] [24209] mitochondrial DNA fingerprinting [21722] differentiation of Naegleria fowleri from Acanthamoeba using monocolonal antibody [24171] phylogeny [24028]
Cross References: Nucleotide (GenBank) : AF462309cysteine proteinase (CP1) mRNA, complete coding sequence
Classification: KINGDOM: Protozoa
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