ATCC? Number:30832?
Organism: Tetrahymena hegewischi Nyberg
Designations: KP7
Isolation: Wolfe Lake, Chicago, IL, 1975
Depositors: DL Nanney, EM Simon
History: ATCC<<--DL Nanney, EM Simon<<--D. Nyberg
Biosafety Level:1
Shipped: test tube
Growth Conditions: ATCCmedium 357: Tetrahymena mediumTemperature: 25.0°C Duration: axenic
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Comments: II Species descriptions [4635] Identification of Tetrahymena species using PCR/RFLP analysis of rDNA [21641] Ribosomal RNA introns [24202]
Cross References: Nucleotide (GenBank) : M98019 Tetrahymena hegewischi 16S ribosomal RNA gene, intron.
Classification: KINGDOM: Protozoa
References: 4635: Nyberg D. Three new 'biological' species of Tetrahymena (T. hegewischi n. sp., T. sonneborni n. sp., T. nipissingi, n. sp.) and temperature tolerance of members of the 'pyriformis' complex. J. Protozool. 28: 65-69, 1981. 21641: Jerome CA, Lynn DH. Identifying and distinguishing sibling species in the Tetrahymena pyriformis complex (Ciliophora, Oligohymenophora) using PCR/RFLP analysis of nuclear ribosomal DNA. J. Eukaryot. Microbiol. 43: 492-497, 1996. PubMed: 8976607 24202: Sogin ML, et al. Phylogenetic evidence for the acquisition of ribosomal RNA introns subsequent to the divergence of some of the major Tetrahymena groups. EMBO J. 5: 3625-3630, 1986. PubMed: 3830129