ATCC? Number:30009?
Organism: Tetrahymena thermophila Nanney and McCoy
Designations: WH-52 (WHIII)
Isolation: freshwater, Falmouth, MA, 1952
Depositors: AM Elliott
History: ATCC<<--AM Elliott<<--A. Elliott/D.F. Gruchy
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: III Inhibition of conjugation and cell division [23943]
Classification: KINGDOM: Protozoa
References: 4680: . . Annu. Rev. Microbiol. 13: 79-96, 1959. 5130: Biol. Bull. 105: 269-284, 1953. 23943: Frisch A, et al. Inhibition of conjugation and cell division in Tetrahymena pyriformis by tunicamycin: A possible requirement of glycoprotein synthesis for induction of conjugation. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 72: 138-145, 1976. PubMed: 825115 56167: Nanney DL, McCoy JW. Characterization of the species of the Tetrahymena pyriformis complex. Trans. Am. Microsc. Soc. 95: 664-682, 1975.