ATCC® Number:50609™
Organism: Blastocystis hominis Brumpt
Designations: 2664
Isolation: feces, human Isolation date: 1986
Depositors: CH Zierdt
Biosafety Level:2
Shipped: frozen
Growth Conditions: ATCCmedium 1671: Blastocystis egg mediumTemperature: 35.0°C Growth condition: Anaerobic
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Comments: Subtype 1 based on SSU rDNA sequence analysis [16172993]
Classification: KINGDOM: Chromista
References: 16172993: Jones MS, et al. Detection of Blastocystis from stool samples using real-time PCR. Parasitol. Res. 103:551-557, 2008. PubMed: 18488250