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Paramecium tetraurelia Sonneborn

50045

Product category
Protists
Classification
KINGDOM: Protozoa
Strain designation
stock d4-108
Type strain
No
Isolation source
Nitrosoguanidine-induced mutant of stock d4-2
Product format
Test tube
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

Characteristics

Genotype
A29 k29 tam8

Handling information

Medium
Instruction for complete medium
ATCC Medium 802 inoculated with Enterobacter aerogenes (ATCC®  13048)
Temperature
25°C
Culture maintenance
Subculture every two months to a fresh tube of bacterized medium in the following manner:

1.   Transfer 0.5 ml from a growing culture to 5.0 ml of ATCC medium 802 bacterized with Enterobacter aerogenes (ATCC®  13048).

2.   Add 1.0 ml of ATCC medium 802 bacterized with Enterobacter aerogenes ATCC 13048 twice weekly.  When the tube is filled to within one inch of the top, aspirate from the bottom of the tube and reduce the volume to 5.0 ml.

3.   Incubate upright at 25°C with the caps on loosely.

Reagents for cryopreservation
Cryoprotective Solution

DMSO                                                                                    1.5 ml

Fresh growth medium w/o bacteria                                 7.5 ml

MgCl2 (0.5 mM)                                                                    0.5 ml

CaCl2 (0.5 mM)                                                                    0.5 ml

Cryopreservation
1.   Mix the components in the order listed.  Before adding the MgCl2 and the CaCl2 allow the solution to return to room temperature.  When the medium is added to the DMSO the solution will warm up due to chemical heat.

2.   Harvest cells from a culture that is at or near peak density by filtration and centrifugation at 200 x g for 1 min.

3. Adjust the concentration of cells to 2 x 105/ml in fresh medium.

4.  Mix the cell preparation and the cryoprotective solution in equal portions.

5.  Dispense in 0.5 ml aliquots into 1.0 - 2.0 ml sterile plastic screw-capped cryules (special plastic vials for cryopreservation).

6.  Place vials in a controlled rate freezing unit. From room temperature cool at -1°C/min to -40°C. If freezing unit can compensate for the heat of fusion, maintain rate at -1 C/min through heat of fusion. At -40°C plunge ampules into liquid nitrogen.

7.  Ampules are stored in either the vapor or liquid phase of a nitrogen refrigerator.

8. To establish a culture from the frozen state add 1.0 ml ATCC medium 802 to the frozen ampule and place it in a 35°C water bath.  Immerse the vial  to a level just above the surface of the frozen material. Do not agitate the vial.

9.   Immediately after thawing, do not leave in water bath, aseptically remove the contents of the ampule and inoculate onto the surface of an ATCC medium 919 (non-nutrient agar) plate containing an overlay of 15.0 ml of bacterized ATCC medium 802.

10. Incubate at 25°C.

11. Once the culture is established, transfer 0.5 ml to 5.0 ml of bacterized ATCC medium 802.

12. Follow the protocol for maintenance of culture.

History

Deposited as
Paramecium tetraurelia Sonneborn
Depositors
JR Preer
Chain of custody
ATCC <-- JR Preer <-- T.M. Sonneborn <-- J. Beisson/M. Rossignol

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Intended use
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Frequently Asked Questions

References

Curated Citations

Handbook of genetics. vol. 2New York: Plenum Press; 1975.

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