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Isolation
derived from ATCC 30932
Product Format
frozen
Storage Conditions
Frozen: -70°C or colder for 1 week, vapor phase of liquid nitrogen for long-term storage
Type Strain
no
Antibiotic Resistance
Chloroquine resistant.
Comments
Selected for knobby trait.
Chloroquine resistant.
pyrimethamine-sensitive
Medium
ATCC® Medium 2196: Malaria medium, complete
Cryopreservation
Only young cells (rings) can be frozen in glycerolyte medium** because their membranes are more robust.
Centrifuge ring-stage culture for 5 mins. at 1000 x g in 50 ml centrifuge tube.
Aspirate supernatant using sterile Pasteur pipet.
Resuspend pellet gently in remaining supernatant.
Slowly add 5 volumes of glycerolyte medium to 3 volumes pellet dropwise via a syringe as follows:
Add the first volume of glycerolyte and allow the tube to stand for 5 mins. at room temperature.
Add the remaining 4 volumes of glycerolyte and gently agitate.
Aliquot mixture into Nunc screw-capped freezing vials and place in a Nalgene 1C cooling apparatus. Place the apparatus at -80°C overnight and then plunge ampules into liquid nitrogen. (The cooling rate in this apparatus is approximately -1°C/min.).
Plunge vials into liquid nitrogen (-196oC) the next day and store in liquid nitrogen or liquid nitrogen vapor.
Name of Depositor
W Trager
Special Collection
ATCC
References
Jensen JB, Trager W. Plasmodium falciparum in culture: establishment of additional strains. Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 27: 743-746, 1978. PubMed: 356635
