ATCC® Number:30833™
Organism: Tetrahymena hegewischi Nyberg
Designations: WF1
Isolation: Perkins Pond Marsh, NH, 1976
Depositors: DL Nanney, EM Simon
History: ATCC<<--DL Nanney, EM Simon<<--D. Nyberg
Biosafety Level:1
Shipped: test tube
Growth Conditions: ATCCmedium 357: Tetrahymena mediumTemperature: 25.0°C Duration: axenic
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Comments: III Species descriptions [4635] Degenerating macronucleus [4797]
Classification: KINGDOM: Protozoa
References: 4635: Nyberg D. Three new 'biological' species of Tetrahymena (T. hegewischi n. sp., T. sonneborni n. sp., T. nipissingi, n. sp.) and temperature tolerance of members of the 'pyriformis' complex. J. Protozool. 28: 65-69, 1981. 4797: Simon EM, Doerder FP. The unique position of the degenerating macronucleus in Tetrahymena tropicalis. J. Protozool. 28: 203-205, 1981.