ATCC? Number:30037?
Organism: Plasmodium cynomolgi Mayer
Designations: M (Mulligan)
Isolation: Macaca fascicularis, Malaysia, 1933
Depositors: K Powers
History: ATCC<<--K Powers<<--H.W. Mulligan/J.A. Sinton
Biosafety Level:2
Shipped: frozen
Growth Conditions: Duration: in vivo, Macaca mulatta Protocol: ATCCNO: 30037 SPEC: This strain is distributed as a frozen stabilate. See general instructions for thawing and storage of frozen material before proceeding. As soon as the strain arrives, remove the frozen ampule from the dry ice and transfer it directly to a 35C water bath. When it is completely thawed, aseptically remove the material with a syringe and inject the entire contents of the vial into an Aotus trivirgatus. This parasite can be maintained by serial passage of parasitized blood (by intravenous inoculation) into monkeys (Aotus trivirgatus).
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Classification: KINGDOM: Protozoa
References: 4845: Coatney GR, et al. Transmission of the M strain of Plasmodium cynomolgi to man. Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 10: 673-678, 1961. PubMed: 13694174 5131: Coatney GR. The primate malarias. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office; 1971. 5159: Rec. Malar. Surv. India 3: 529-568, 1933. 23842: Warren M, Garnham PC. Plasmodium cynomolgi: X-Irradiation and development of exo-erythrocytic schizonts in Macaco mulatta. Exp. Parasitol. 28: 551-556, 1970. PubMed: 5499672