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Isolation
Hospital cooling tower, Sioux Falls, SD, 1988
Product Format
dried
Type Strain
no
Medium
ATCC® Medium 802: Sonneborn's Paramecium medium
Growth Conditions
Temperature: 25.0°C
Protocol: ATCCNO: 30011 SPEC: This strain is distributed as a dried preparation. See the general procedures for opening a dried vial. Aseptically add 1 ml of sterile distilled water to the inner shell vial, remove the filter paper aseptically with a pair of forceps, and place it in the center of an agar plate of ATCC medium 997. Add the liquid remaining in the vial to the plate and spread it evenly over the surface of the plate. Incubate the plate at 25C. Trophozoites (amebae) should be evident within 2-3 days.
Subcultivation
Protocol: ATCCNO: 30011 SPEC: This strain is distributed as a dried preparation. See the general procedures for opening a dried vial. Aseptically add 1 ml of sterile distilled water to the inner shell vial, remove the filter paper aseptically with a pair of forceps, and place it in the center of an agar plate of ATCC medium 997. Add the liquid remaining in the vial to the plate and spread it evenly over the surface of the plate. Incubate the plate at 25C. Trophozoites (amebae) should be evident within 2-3 days.