ATCC? Number:30289?
Organism: Tetrahymena capricornis Nanney and McCoy
Designations: AU 3-4
Isolation: New South Wales, Australia, 1960
Depositors: AM Elliott
Biosafety Level:1
Shipped: test tube
Growth Conditions: ATCCmedium 357: Tetrahymena mediumTemperature: 25.0°C Duration: axenic
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Type Strain: yes(type strain)
Comments: II unique position of the degenerating macronucleus [4797] Ecology [4748]
Classification: KINGDOM: Protozoa
References: 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. 56167: Nanney DL, McCoy JW. Characterization of the species of the Tetrahymena pyriformis complex. Trans. Am. Microsc. Soc. 95: 664-682, 1975.