ATCC? Number:30421?
Organism: Tetrahymena vorax (Kidder et al.) Kidder
Designations: V2S
Isolation: pond, Rhode Island, 1940
Depositors: HE Buhse
History: ATCC<<--HE Buhse<<--N. Williams <<--- J. Loefer <<--- . . . <<--- D. Lilly
Biosafety Level:1
Shipped: test tube
Growth Conditions: ATCCmedium 383: Haskins agar for TetrahymenaMax Temperature: 25.0°C Min Temperature: 18.0°C Duration: axenic
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Applications: testing
Comments: efficiency of filter feeding [4782] cortical proteins in microstomes and macrostomes [24061]
Classification: KINGDOM: Protozoa
References: 4782: Rasmussen L, et al. Efficiency of filber feeding in two species of Tetrahymena. J. Protozool. 22: 110-111, 1975. PubMed: 804037 23965: Kingston N, Morton J. Trypanosomes from elk (Cervus canadensis) in Wyoming. J. Parasitol. 59: 1132-1133, 1973. PubMed: 4760644 24061: Buhse HE J, Williams NE. A comparison of cortical proteins in Tetrahymena vorax microstomes and macrostomes. J. Protozool. 29: 222-226, 1982. PubMed: 7097614 32134: Nanney DL, et al. Comparison of sequence differences in a variable 23S rRNA domain among sets of cryptic species of ciliated protozoa. J. Eukaryot. Microbiol. 45: 91-100, 1998. PubMed: 9495037 70539: Struder-Kypke MC, et al. Parallel evolution of histophagy in ciliates of the genus Tetrahymena. BMC Evol. Biol. 1: 5, 2001. PubMed: 11701089