ATCC? Number:30462?
Organism: Naegleria fowleri Carter
Designations: Northcott
Isolation: human, Port Pirie, Australia, 1971
Depositors: JA Jamieson
History: ATCC<<--JA Jamieson<<--R.F. Carter
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: Zymodeme Fw-1 [23932] DNA fingerprinting [21765] Interrepeat PCR [23881]
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