ATCC? Number:30011?
Organism: Acanthamoeba castellanii (Douglas) Page
Isolation: yeast culture, London, 1930
Depositors: A Castellani
Biosafety Level:1
Shipped: frozen
Growth Conditions: ATCCmedium 711: PYBTemperature: 25.0°C Duration: grown with Escherichia coli (i.e., culture is bacterized) Protocol: This strain is distributed as a frozen preparation. See the general procedures for thawing a frozen vial. Once vial is thawed, aseptically transfer the entire contents to the center of an agar plate of ATCCmedium 711 and spread it evenly over the surface of the plate with a spread bar. Incubate the plate at 25C. Trophozoites (amoebae) should be evident within 2-3 days.
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Type Strain: yes(type strain)
Comments: Two strains from human tissue [4831] Reduction of uptake of Legionella by antimicrobial agents [35037] Two genetic markers that distinguish pathogenic and nonpathogenic strains [31825] Restriction fragment length polymorphisms of DNA [5037] Pathogenicity and isoenzyme profiles [5036] Biochemical and molecular characterization [21721] mitochondrial DNA fingerprinting [21722] Adherence characteristics [24008] phylogeny [24028] characterization of Acanthamoeba polyphaga [24209] Temperature-dependent replication of Legionella pneumophila [24245] Molecular characterization of corneal pathogen [23850]
Classification: KINGDOM: Protozoa
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