ATCC? Number:30016?
Organism: Entamoeba invadens Rodhain
Designations: 165, clone II
Isolation: feces of terrapin, USA, 1947
Depositors: LS Diamond
History: ATCC<<--LS Diamond<<--A.M. Griffin/W.G. McGarten
Biosafety Level:1
Shipped: frozen
Growth Conditions: ATCCmedium 2154: LYI Entamoeba mediumTemperature: 25.0°C Duration: axenic; anaerobic
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Comments: Entamoeba phylogeny [23739] [21376] Axenic cultivation [4606]
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 23739: Rodhain J. Entamoeba invadens n. sp., parasite de serpents. Soc. Belge Biol. Seance Du: 1934.. 24162: Diamond LS, Cunnick CC. A serum-free, partly defined medium, PDM-805, for axenic cultivation of Entamoeba histolytica Schaudinn, 1903 and other Entamoeba. J. Protozool. 38: 211-216, 1991. PubMed: 1880759