ATCC? Number:30020?
Organism: Entamoeba invadens Rodhain
Designations: PZ, clone IV
Isolation: snake, Philadelphia Zoological Gardens, Philadelphia, PA, 1945
Depositors: LS Diamond
History: ATCC<<--LS Diamond<<--H.L. Ratcliffe
Biosafety Level:1
Shipped: frozen
Growth Conditions: ATCCmedium 2154: LYI Entamoeba mediumTemperature: 25.0°C Duration: axenic; anaerobic
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Comments: Axenic cultivation [4606] Entamoeba phylogeny [21376] Purification and characterization of malic enzyme [24076] use of plastic ampoules for freeze preservation [23870]
Classification: KINGDOM: Protozoa
References: 4606: Diamond LS. The axenic cultivation of two reptilian parasites, Entamoeba terrapinae Sanders and Cleveland, 1930, and Entamoeba invadens Rodhain, 1934. J. Parasitol. 46: 484, 1960. 21376: Clark CG, Diamond LS. Intraspecific variation and phylogenetic relationships in the genus Entamoeba as revealed by riboprinting. J. Eukaryot. Microbiol. 44: 142-154, 1997. PubMed: 9109261 21727: Zaman V. Antigenic relationship between the cysts and trophosoites of Entamoeba invadens. Experientia 23: 1072-1073, 1967. PubMed: 4865130 23870: Simione FP Jr., et al. The use of plastic ampoules for freeze preservation of microorganisms. Cryobiology 14: 500-502, 1977. PubMed: 891238 23899: Muller M, Lindmark DG. Uptake of metronidazole and its effect on viability in Trichomonads and Entamoeba invadens under anaerobic and aerobic conditions. Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 9: 696-700, 1976. PubMed: 1083712 24076: Buro NC, Weller DL. Purification and characterization of malic enzyme of Entamoeba invadens: evidence for isoenzymes. J. Protozool. 21: 796-802, 1974. PubMed: 4449099