ATCC? Number:10542?
Organism: Tetrahymena furgasoni Nanney and McCoy
Designations: W [SA13]
Isolation: Woods Hole, MA, 1939
Depositors: RP Hall
History: ATCC<<--RP Hall<<--M.S. Dunn strain W (amicronucleate) (1948) <<--- G.W. Kidder <<--- . . . <<--- C.L. Claff)
Biosafety Level:1
Shipped: test tube
Growth Conditions: ATCCmedium 357: Tetrahymena mediumTemperature: 25.0°C Duration: axenic
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Applications: assay of arginine L-arginine [45892] assay of histidine L-histidine [45892] assay of lysine L-lysine [45892] assay of methionine [45892] assay of protein [45893] [45894]
Comments: species description [20920] magnetic fettering [23788] effect of molecular weight of protein on growth [23835] isoenzymic characterization of three mating groups [23867] bioassays of protein quality [45894] Osmoregulation [24016] food for suctorians [24045] electrophoretic characterization [4774]
Classification: KINGDOM: Protozoa
References: 4774: Borden D, et al. Electrophoretic characterization of classical Tetrahymena pyriformis strains. J. Protozool. 20: 693-700, 1973. PubMed: 4148695 5127: Biol. Bull. 78: 9-23, 1940. 20920: Williams NE, et al. Protein similarities in the genus Tetrahymena and a description of Tetrahymena leucophrys n. sp.. J. Protozool. 31: 313-321, 1984. 23788: Font R, Ballentine R. Magnetic fettering of the ciliated protozoan Tetrahymena pyriformis. Trans. Am. Microsc. Soc. 95: 189-197, 1976. 23835: Hunter B, et al. Effect of molecular weight of protein on growth of Tetrahymena pyriformis. Nutr. Rep. Int. 24: 1043-1055, 1981. 23867: Nanney DL, et al. Isoenzymic characterization of three mating groups of the Tetrahymena pyriformis complex. J. Protozool. 27: 451-459, 1980. 24016: Rifkin JL. The role of the contractile vacuole in the osmoregulation of Tetrahymena pyriformis. J. Protozool. 20: 108-114, 1973. PubMed: 4347868 24045: Henk WG, Paulin JJ. Scanning electron microscopy of budding and metamorphosis in Discophrya collini Toort. J. Protozool. 24: 134-139, 1977. PubMed: 405477 32134: Nanney DL, et al. Comparison of sequence differences in a variable 23S rRNA domain among sets of cryptic species of ciliated protozoa. J. Eukaryot. Microbiol. 45: 91-100, 1998. PubMed: 9495037 45892: Stott JA, Smith H. Microbiological assay of protein quality with Tetrahymena pyriformis W. Br. J. Nutr. 20: 663-673, 1966. PubMed: 5957407 45893: Dryden MJ, et al. Predicting protein digestibility and quality using an enzyme-Tetrahymena pyriformis W bioassay. J. Food Biochem. 1: 35-44, 1977. 45894: et al., Evancho GM. Comparison of Tetrahymena pyriformis W and rat bioassays for the determination of protein quality. J. Food Sci. 42: 444-448, 1977.