ATCC? Number:30039?
Organism: Tetrahymena pyriformis (Ehrenberg) Lwoff
Designations: S
Isolation: New York, 1946
Depositors: GR Seaman
Biosafety Level:1
Shipped: test tube
Growth Conditions: ATCCmedium 357: Tetrahymena mediumTemperature: 25.0°C Duration: axenic
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Type Strain: yes(type strain)
Comments: Identification of Tetrahymena species using PCR/RFLP analysis of rDNA [21641] electrophoretic characterization [4774]
Classification: KINGDOM: Protozoa
References: 4774: Borden D, et al. Electrophoretic characterization of classical Tetrahymena pyriformis strains. J. Protozool. 20: 693-700, 1973. PubMed: 4148695 5129: Biol. Bull. 94: 29-32, 1948. 21641: Jerome CA, Lynn DH. Identifying and distinguishing sibling species in the Tetrahymena pyriformis complex (Ciliophora, Oligohymenophora) using PCR/RFLP analysis of nuclear ribosomal DNA. J. Eukaryot. Microbiol. 43: 492-497, 1996. PubMed: 8976607 32134: Nanney DL, et al. Comparison of sequence differences in a variable 23S rRNA domain among sets of cryptic species of ciliated protozoa. J. Eukaryot. Microbiol. 45: 91-100, 1998. PubMed: 9495037