ATCC? Number:30190?
Organism: Entamoeba histolytica Schaudinn
Designations: HB-301:NIH
Isolation: feces from adult human male with amebic dysentery, Burma, 1960
Depositors: LS Diamond
Biosafety Level:2
Shipped: test tube
Growth Conditions: ATCCmedium 2154: LYI Entamoeba mediumTemperature: 35.0°C Duration: axenic; anaerobic
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Comments: Zymodeme II. Mycoplasma-negative by PCR. Axenic cultivation [5053] use of plastic ampoules for freeze preservation [23870]
Classification: KINGDOM: Protozoa
References: 5053: Diamond LS. Techniques of axenic cultivation of Entamoeba histolytica Schaudinn, 1903 and E. histolytica-like amebae. J. Parasitol. 54: 1047-1056, 1968. PubMed: 4319346 23870: Simione FP Jr., et al. The use of plastic ampoules for freeze preservation of microorganisms. Cryobiology 14: 500-502, 1977. PubMed: 891238 70372: Adagu IS, et al. In vitro activity of nitazoxanide and related compounds against isolates of Giardia intestinalis, Entamoeba histolytica and Trichomonas vaginalis. J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 49: 103-111, 2002. PubMed: 11751773