ATCC? Number:30214?
Organism: Naegleria fowleri Carter
Designations: Nf 66
Isolation: 10-year-old boy, South Australia, 1966
Depositors: W Balamuth
History: ATCC<<--W Balamuth<<--J.L. Griffin <<--- R.F. Carter
Biosafety Level:2
Shipped: frozen
Growth Conditions: ATCCmedium 1034: Modified PYNFH medium (Available from ATCCas ATCCcat. no. 327-X)Temperature: 30.0°C Duration: axenic
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Comments: Zymodeme Fw-1 [23932] Freeze preservation of pathogenic and nonpathogenic species [23993]
References: 4917: Carter RF. Primary amoebic meningo-encephalitis. An appraisal of present knowledge. Trans. R. Soc. Trop. Med. Hyg. 66: 193-213, 1972. PubMed: 4558822 23932: Adams M, et al. A genetic approach to species criteria in the amoeba genus Naegleria using allozyme electrophoresis. Int. J. Parasitol. 19: 823-834, 1989. PubMed: 2635158 23993: Simione FP Jr., Daggett PM. Freeze preservation of pathogenic and nonpathogenic Naegleria species. J. Parasitol. 62: 49, 1976. PubMed: 1255382 61465: De Jonckheere JF. A century of research on the amoeboflagellate genus Naegleria. Acta Protozool. 41: 309-342, 2002.