Chlamydia trachomatis (Busacca) Rake (ATCC® VR-347)

Classification: Chlamydiaceae  /  Product Format: frozen

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Classification Chlamydiaceae
Agent Chlamydia trachomatis (Busacca) Rake
Strain Apache-2
Applications
Sexually Transmitted Disease Research
Biosafety Level 2
Isolation
clinical specimen - human
San Carlos Arizona,
Product Format frozen
Storage Conditions -70°C or colder
Effect on Host
Cytopathic effects (inclusions) in tissue culture
CPE, intracellular inclusion bodies
Death of embryo
Recommended Host
chicken embryo, yolk sac; McCoy cells (ATCC CRL-1696)

Recommended Host: McCoy cells (ATCC® CRL-1696™)

Growth Conditions
Temperature: 36.5°C
Incubation: 2 days
Effect on Host
Cytopathic effects (inclusions) in tissue culture
CPE, intracellular inclusion bodies
Death of embryo
Name of Depositor E Jawetz
Special Collection ATCC
Source
clinical specimen - human
San Carlos Arizona,
References

Hanna L, et al. Trachoma viruses isolated in United States. I. Growth in embryonated eggs. Proc. Soc. Exp. Biol. Med. 104: 142-145, 1960. PubMed: 14399529

Isolated from the eye of an Apache Indian child from San Carlos, Arizona.

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