ATCC? Number:30864?
Organism: Capsaspora owczarzaki Hertel et al.
Isolation: Biomphalaria glabrata, Corvallis, OR, 1977
Depositors: CJ Bayne
History: ATCC<<--CJ Bayne<<--H.H. Stibbs
Biosafety Level:1
Shipped: frozen
Growth Conditions: ATCCmedium 803: M7 mediumTemperature: 25.0°C Axenic Protocol: supplemented with an additional 10% heat-inactivated fetal bovine serum
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Comments: Originally deposited as Nuclearia sp. Renamed as Capsaspora owczarzaki based on SSU rRNA analysis (Hertel, LA, et al. 2006 Int J Parasitol. 32:1183-1191). Destroys Schistosoma mansoni sporocysts in vitro [4899] [4652] Genome sequencing strain (Broad Institute)
Cross References: Nucleotide (GenBank) : ACFS01000000Capsaspora owczarzaki ATCC30864, whole genome shotgun sequencing project.
References: 4652: Owczarzak A, et al. The destruction of Schistosoma mansoni mother sporocysts in vitro by amoebae isolated from Biomphalaria glabrata: an ultrastructural study. J. Invertebr. Pathol. 35: 26-33, 1980. PubMed: 7365267 4899: Stibbs HH, et al. Schistosome sporocyst-killing amoebae isolated from Biomphalaria glabrata. J. Invertebr. Pathol. 33: 159-170, 1979. PubMed: 501126 70757: Hertel LA, et al. The symbiont Capsaspora owczarzaki, nov. gen. nov. sp., isolated from three strains of the pulmonate snail Biomphalaria glabrata is related to members of the Mesomycetozoea. Int. J. Parasitol. 32: 1183-1191, 2002. PubMed: 12117501 16172783: Amaral-Zettler LA, et al. The Nucleariid Amoebae: More Protists at the Animal-Fungal Boundary. J Eukaryot Microbiol. 48:293-297, 2001. PubMed: 11411837. 16172784: Ruiz-Trillo, I, et al. Insights into the evolutionary origin and genome architecture of the unicellular opisthokonts Capsaspora owczarzaki and Sphaeroforma arctica. J Eukaryot Microbiol. 53:379-384, 2006. PubMed: 16968456.