ATCC? Number:30134?
Organism: Acanthamoeba terricola Pussard
Isolation: arable soil, Seine-et-Oise, France, 1960
Depositors: W Balamuth
History: ATCC<<--W Balamuth<<--M. Pussard
Biosafety Level:1
Shipped: freeze-dried
Growth Conditions: ATCCmedium 712: PYGTemperature: 25.0°C Duration: axenic Protocol: ATCCNO: 30010 SPEC: This strain is distributed as a freeze-dried preparation. See the general procedures for opening a freeze-dried vial. Aseptically add 0.5 ml of ice cold medium containing 12% (w/v) sucrose to the freeze-dried inner shell vial. Once the culture is completely rehydrated, aseptically add 1 ml of ATCCmedium 712 and distribute to a 16 X 125 mm plastic screw-capped test tube or a T-25 tissue culture flask containing 5.0 ml of the same medium. Incubate the test tube culture horizontally with the cap on tight. Trophozoites should be evident in 1-5 days.
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Comments: Very similar to Acanthamoeba castellanii ATCC30010 on the basis of starch gel electrophoretic analysis of enzymes. phylogeny [24028]
Classification: KINGDOM: Protozoa
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