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Helicobacter mastomyrinus

BAA-1046

Type strain
Product category
Bacteria
Strain designation
MIT 97-5574
Type strain
Yes
Isolation source
African rodent, Mastomys natalensis; isolated by Shilu Xu
Product format
Frozen
Storage conditions
-80°C or colder
Mission Collection Item
This is a Mission Collection Item.

Documentation

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ATCC highly recommends that appropriate personal protective equipment is always used when handling vials. For cultures that require storage in liquid nitrogen, it is important to note that some vials may leak when submersed in liquid nitrogen and will slowly fill with liquid nitrogen. Upon thawing, the conversion of the liquid nitrogen back to its gas phase may result in the vial exploding or blowing off its cap with dangerous force creating flying debris. Unless necessary, ATCC recommends that these cultures be stored in the vapor phase of liquid nitrogen rather than submersed in liquid nitrogen.

Detailed product information

General

Preceptrol
No

Handling information

Medium
Temperature
37°C
Atmosphere
Microaerophilic: 3-5% O2, 10% CO2
Handling procedure
  1. This organism is shipped frozen on dry ice.  Just prior to use, thaw vial in water at approximately 37°C.  When thawed, a drop of the suspension may be used to do an immediate wet mount to observe the unique morphology of this organism and verify its viability by checking for motility.
  2. Aseptically transfer the thawed suspension into a #260 broth tube (5-­6 mL).  This broth can now be used to inoculate an agar slant(s), plate(s), additional broth tube(s), or the preferred biphasic culture.
  3. To obtain a biphasic culture, add 0.6 mL of the suspension to a medium #260 slant.  The resulting pool at the bottom of the slant is where the best, most rapid growth will occur.
  4. Incubate at 37°C under microaerophilic conditions using an anaerobe jar with an active catalyst and a microaerophilic gas generator pack, or other acceptable method, to obtain microaerophilic conditions.  Incubate slant with cap loose.
  5. Within 5 days of incubation, good growth should be obtained in the broth pool at the bottom of the slant.    Further subcultures can be made using broth pool as the inoculum source.
Handling notes
This organism requires moist conditions for best growth. No growth was observed on agar. Growth at the broth/agar interface of the biphasic slant should occur within 5 days, but little turbidity will be seen. To observe growth, examine a wet mount of the broth under phase microscopy.
Growth on agar takes longer than the biphasic culture. It is essential to use fresh, moist plates.
The cells do not Gram stain well using traditional procedures. For best results, use a basic fuchsin counterstain in place of the safranin.
Once good growth in obtained, transfer or freeze the culture. Adding an equal amount of 20% sterile glycerol to pooled broth from several biphasic slants, followed by freezing in liquid nitrogen or “ultra-low temperature” freezer is recommended.
Additional information on this culture is available on the ATCC® web site at www.atcc.org.

History

Depositors
Z Shen; MIT, Cambridge, MA
Type of isolate
Animal
Year of origin
1997
Cross references
GenBank AY742307 Helicobacter mastomyrinus 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence

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Intended use
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Permits & Restrictions

Import Permit for the State of Hawaii

If shipping to the U.S. state of Hawaii, you must provide either an import permit or documentation stating that an import permit is not required. We cannot ship this item until we receive this documentation. Contact the Hawaii Department of Agriculture (HDOA), Plant Industry Division, Plant Quarantine Branch to determine if an import permit is required.

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Frequently Asked Questions

References

Curated Citations

Shen Z, et al. A novel enterohepatic Helicobacter species 'Helicobacter mastomyrinus' isolated from the liver and intestine of rodents. Helicobacter. 10(1): 59-70, 2005. PubMed: 15691316

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