ATCC Number:30457
Organism:
Entamoeba histolytica Schaudinn
Designations: HU-21:AMC
Isolation: colonic biopsy from male child with amebic dysentery, Little Rock, AR, 1970
Depositors: LS Diamond
History: ATCC<<--LS Diamond<<--K. Juniper
Biosafety Level:2
Shipped: test tube
Growth Conditions: ATCCmedium 2463: LYI-S-2 medium, modified
Temperature: 35.0°C
Duration: axenic; anaerobic
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Comments: Zymodeme II. Mycoplasma-negative by PCR. Viruses [4648]
Classification: KINGDOM: Protozoa
References: 4648: Diamond LS, et al. Viruses of Entamoeba histolytica. I. Identification of transmissible virus-like agents. J. Virol. 9: 326-341, 1972. PubMed: 4335522 23954: Gonzalez-Ruiz A, et al. Diagnosis of amebic dysentery by detection of Entamoeba histolytica fecal antigen by an invasive strain-specific, monoclonal antibody-based enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. J. Clin. Microbiol. 32: 964-970, 1994. PubMed: 8027351