ATCC® Number:30461™
Organism: Acanthamoeba polyphaga (Puschkarew) Page
Designations: eye
Isolation: human corneal scrapings, Houston, TX, 1973
Depositors: GS Visvesvara
History: ATCC<<--GS Visvesvara<<--D.B. Jones/N.M. Robinson
Biosafety Level:2
Shipped: frozen
Growth Conditions: ATCCmedium 712: PYGTemperature: 25.0°C Growth condition: axenic
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Comments: in vitro effectiveness of povidone-iodine [38249] host for pathogenic Legionella species [33945] resistant to complement lysis [34528] characterization of Acanthamoeba polyphaga [24209] [4846] specific antigens revealed by protein immunoblotting [21696] mitochondrial DNA fingerprinting [21722] effects of azole compounds [23832] use of plastic ampoules for freeze preservation [23870] characterization of proteolytic secretions [23924] inhibition by Pseudomonas aeruginosa [23945] quantitative bacterial plaque assay for enumeration [24095] differentiation of Naegleria fowleri from Acanthamoeba using monocolonal antibody [24171] internalisation of bacterial substrates as factors in growth rate [24181] review [23576] phylogeny [24028] proteinase activities [48912]
Classification: KINGDOM: Protozoa
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