ATCC? Number:22758?
Organism: Naegleria fowleri Carter
Designations: B-L
Isolation: cerebrospinal fluid of 7-year-old boy, Matamath, New Zealand
Depositors: BN Mandal
Biosafety Level:2
Shipped: frozen
Growth Conditions: ATCCmedium 997: Fresh water ameba mediumMax Temperature: 45.0°C Min Temperature: 25.0°C Duration: grown with mixed bacteria
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Comments: biochemical identification [4799]
References: 4799: Daggett PM, Nerad TA. The biochemical identification of vahlkampfiid amoebae. J. Protozool. 30: 126-128, 1983. PubMed: 6864593 5084: N.Z. Med. J. 71: 16-23, 1970. 61465: De Jonckheere JF. A century of research on the amoeboflagellate genus Naegleria. Acta Protozool. 41: 309-342, 2002.