ATCC? Number:30468?
Organism: Naegleria fowleri Carter
Designations: PA-34
Isolation: domestic water supply, Port Augusta, Australia, 1972
Depositors: JA Jamieson
Biosafety Level:2
Shipped: frozen
Growth Conditions: ATCCmedium 1034: Modified PYNFH medium (Available from ATCCas ATCCcat. no. 327-X)Temperature: 35.0°C Duration: axenic
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Comments: DNA fingerprinting [21765] Interrepeat PCR [23881] use of plastic ampoules for freeze preservation [23870]
References: 5080: Anderson K, Jamieson A. Bacterial suspensions for the growth of Naegleria species. Pathology 6: 79-84, 1974. PubMed: 4207323 21765: van Belkum A. DNA fingerprinting of medically important microorganisms by use of PCR. Clin. Microbiol. Rev. 7: 174-184, 1994. PubMed: 8055466 23870: Simione FP Jr., et al. The use of plastic ampoules for freeze preservation of microorganisms. Cryobiology 14: 500-502, 1977. PubMed: 891238 23881: van Belkum A, et al. Genotyping Naegleria spp. and Naegleria Fowleri isolates by Interepeat Polymerase Chain reaction. J. Clin. Microbiol. 30: 2595-2598, 1992. PubMed: 1400959