ATCC? Number:30863?
Organism: Naegleria fowleri Carter
Isolation: 8-year-old human male, Charleston, SC, 1978
Depositors: TW Holbrook
Biosafety Level:2
Shipped: frozen
Growth Conditions: ATCCmedium 1034: Modified PYNFH medium (Available from ATCCas ATCCcat. no. 327-X)Temperature: 35.0°C Duration: axenic
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Comments: Activation of the alternative complement pathway [4621] biochemical identification [4799] Acid phosphatase [24199]
References: 4621: Holbrook TW, et al. Activation of the alternative complement pathway by Naegleria fowleri. Infect. Immun. 30: 58-61, 1980. PubMed: 7439979 4799: Daggett PM, Nerad TA. The biochemical identification of vahlkampfiid amoebae. J. Protozool. 30: 126-128, 1983. PubMed: 6864593 5059: Darby CP, et al. Primary amebic meningoencephalitis. Am. J. Dis. Child. 133: 1025-1027, 1979. PubMed: 495593 21846: Holbrook TW, Parker BW. Naegleria fowleri in chick embryos effects of embryo age and incubation temperature, and the infectivity of embryo-derived amebae for mice. Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 28: 984-987, 1979. PubMed: 574367 23732: Holbrook TW. Naegleria fowleri in the chick embryo. Trans. R. Soc. Trop. Med. Hyg. 73: 460-462, 1979. PubMed: 555075 24199: Olomu N, et al. Demonstration of various acid hydrolases and preliminary characterization of acid phosphatase in Naegleria fowleri. J. Protozool. 33: 317-321, 1986. PubMed: 3018238
ATCC30863