ATCC® Number:30353™
Organism: Tetrahymena tropicalis Nanney and McCoy
Designations: TC-160
Isolation: freshwater, Serro Compana, Panama, 1954
Depositors: EM Simon, DL Nanney
History: ATCC<<--EM Simon, DL Nanney<<--A.M. Elliott
Biosafety Level:1
Shipped: test tube
Growth Conditions: ATCCmedium 357: Tetrahymena mediumATCCmedium 383: Haskins agar for TetrahymenaMax Temperature: 25.0°C Min Temperature: 18.0°C Duration: axenic
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Comments: IV Tetrahymena from Mexico, Panama, and Columbia [4612] use of plastic ampoules for freeze preservation [23870]
Classification: KINGDOM: Protozoa
References: 4612: Elliott AM, Hayes RE. Tetrahymena from Mexico, Panama, and Columbia, with special reference to sexuality. J. Protozool. 2: 75-80, 1955. 23870: Simione FP Jr., et al. The use of plastic ampoules for freeze preservation of microorganisms. Cryobiology 14: 500-502, 1977. PubMed: 891238 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
