ATCC? Number:VR-215?
Classification: Reoviridae, Reovirus
Agent: Reovirus type 2
Strain: N.G.R.
Original Source: Lung tissue from a monkey which had died from a respiratory disease
Depositors: RN Hull
Biosafety Level:2
Shipped: freeze-dried
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Host Organism : LLC-MK2 cells (ATCCCCL-7) primary monkey kidney; LLC-MK1 cells; LLC-MK2 cells (ATCCCCL-7)
Incubation : Temperature: 37.0°C Duration: 4-5 days
Effect : Yes, in vitro effects: Cytopathic effects in tissue culture
Comments : Identified as Reovirus Type 2 by HAI test.
References : 24545: Minner JR, et al. New viral agents recovered from tissue cultures of monkey kidney cells. I. Origin and properties of cytopathogenic agents S.V.1, S.V.2, S.V.4, S.V.5, S.V.6, S.V.11, S.V.12 and S.V.15. Am. J. Hyg. 63: 204-215, 1956. PubMed: 13302209