ATCC® Number:PRA-315™
Organism: Platyamoeba oblongata Moran and Anderson
Designations: S-205
Isolation: Sediment collected at approximately 3,800m depth in the Ross Sea, Antarctica [16173182]
Depositors: DM Moran
Biosafety Level:1
Shipped: frozen
Growth Conditions: ATCCmedium 1525: Seawater 802 mediumTemperature: 4.0°C Growth condition: Grown with Enterobacter aerogenes ATCC13048 as food source
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Type Strain: yes
Cross References: Nucleotide (GenBank) : DQ229955small subunit ribosomal RNA gene
References: 16173182: Moran DM, et al. A description of seven antarctic marine Gymnamoebae including a new subspecies, two new species and a new genus: Neoparamoeba aestuarina antarctica n. subsp., Platyamoeba oblongata n. sp., Platyamoeba contorta n. sp. and Vermistella antarctica n. gen. n. sp. J. Eukaryot. Microbiol. 54: 169-183, 2007. PubMed: 17403158