ATCC? Number:VR-567?
Classification: Iridoviridae, Ranavirus
Agent: Frog virus 3
Strain: Granoff
Original Source: Lucke tumor from Rana pipiens
Depositors: A Granoff
Biosafety Level:2
Shipped: frozen
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Host Organism : fathead minnow (FHM) cells (ATCCCCL-42) FHM cells (ATCCCCL-42); amphibian, reptilian, avian and mammalian cells in tissue culture
Incubation : Temperature: 25.0°C Duration: 3 days
Effect : Yes, in vitro effects: Cytopathic effects (plaque formation)
Comments : Polyhedral cytoplasmic DNA virus.
References : 33652: Granoff A, et al. The isolation and properties of viruses from Rana pipiens: their possible relationship to the renal adenocarcinoma of the leopard frog. Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci. 126: 237-255, 1965. PubMed: 5220161 33653: Granoff A, et al. Viruses and renal carcinoma of Rana pipiens. I. The isolation and properties of virus from normal and tumor tissue. Virology 29: 133-148, 1966. PubMed: 5936626