Entamoeba histolytica Schaudinn (ATCC® PRA-358™)

Organism: Entamoeba histolytica Schaudinn  /  Depositor: LS Diamond

Strain Designations F-22
Application
Enteric Research
Food and waterborne pathogen research
Biosafety Level 2
Isolation
Human case of amebic brain abscess, September 1947
(CG Clark, personal communication)
Product Format frozen
Type Strain no
Comments
Susceptibility of guinea pigs
RefCarrera GM, Faust EC. Susceptibility of the guinea pig to Endamoeba histolytica of human origin. Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 29: 647-667, 1949. PubMed: 18141384
Medium ATCC® Medium 2154: LYI Entamoeba medium
Growth Conditions
Temperature: 35.0°C
Growth condition: axenic, in the presence of 15% heat-inactivated bovine serum
Name of Depositor LS Diamond
References

CG Clark, personal communication

Carrera GM, Faust EC. Susceptibility of the guinea pig to Endamoeba histolytica of human origin. Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 29: 647-667, 1949. PubMed: 18141384