ATCC? Number:30352?
Organism: Tetrahymena tropicalis Nanney and McCoy
Designations: TC-3
Isolation: freshwater, irrigation ditch, near E. Mante, Mexico, 1954
Depositors: DL Nanney, EM Simon
History: ATCC<<--DL Nanney, EM Simon<<--Univ. Michigan <<--- A.M. Elliott/ R.E. Hayes
Biosafety Level:1
Shipped: test tube
Growth Conditions: ATCCmedium 357: Tetrahymena mediumTemperature: 25.0°C Duration: axenic
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Comments: III Identification of Tetrahymena species using PCR/RFLP analysis of rDNA [21641] Tetrahymena from Mexico, Panama, and Columbia [4612] Ribosomal RNA introns [24202] unique position of the degenerating macronucleus [4797]
Cross References: Nucleotide (GenBank) : X56168 T.tropicalis gene for small subunit ribosomal RNA (16S like rRNA).Nucleotide (GenBank) : M98023 Tetrahymena tropicalis 16S ribosomal RNA gene, intron.
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. 4748: Elliott AM, et al. Tetrahymena pyriformis from several Pacific Islands and Australia. J. Protozool. 11: 370-378, 1964. 4797: Simon EM, Doerder FP. The unique position of the degenerating macronucleus in Tetrahymena tropicalis. J. Protozool. 28: 203-205, 1981. 21641: Jerome CA, Lynn DH. Identifying and distinguishing sibling species in the Tetrahymena pyriformis complex (Ciliophora, Oligohymenophora) using PCR/RFLP analysis of nuclear ribosomal DNA. J. Eukaryot. Microbiol. 43: 492-497, 1996. PubMed: 8976607 24202: Sogin ML, et al. Phylogenetic evidence for the acquisition of ribosomal RNA introns subsequent to the divergence of some of the major Tetrahymena groups. EMBO J. 5: 3625-3630, 1986. PubMed: 3830129 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