ATCC? Number:30236?
Organism: Trichomonas vaginalis Donne
Designations: JH 31A #4
Isolation: endocervical swab, Johns Hopkins Hosp., Baltimore, MD, 1963
Depositors: BM Honigberg
Biosafety Level:2
Shipped: frozen
Growth Conditions: ATCCmedium 2154: LYI Entamoeba mediumTemperature: 35.0°C Duration: axenic; anaerobic Protocol: at pH 6.0
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Comments: Very sensitive to metronidazole. beta-tubulin genes [23957] presence of HSP70 and HSP60 homologs [32589] Virus RNAs [24134] Inhibition of growth by difluoromethyl-ornithine [24153] Heterogeneity of trichomonal isolates [24215] geographic variation [24220]
Cross References: Nucleotide (GenBank) : L29561 Trichomonas vaginalis (clones TVARD1278 and TV1RD1267) small subunit ribosomal RNA gene, 3' end; 5.8S ribosomal RNA gene, complete sequence; large subunit ribosomal RNA gene, 5'end.
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