Newly defined conditions for the in vitro cultivation and cryopreservation of Dientamoeba fragilis: New techniques set to fast track molecular studies on this organism

Parasitology

Volumn 137, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 1867-1878

  Barratt, J L N ^a,b   Banik, G R ^a,b   Harkness, J ^a,b   Marriott, D ^a,b   Ellis, J T ^b   Stark, D ^a,b  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

cryopreservation; cultivation; culture; culture media; Dientamoeba fragilis; in vitro; optimization

Indexed keywords

LOEFFLER MEDIUM; MEDIUM 199; MODIFIED BD MEDIUM; PRESERVATION SOLUTION; ROBINSON MEDIUM; TRICHOSEL; TRITRICHOMONAS FOETUS MEDIUM; TYGM 9 BROTH; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CELL COUNT; CRYOPRESERVATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; DIENTAMOEBA; GROWTH; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE CULTIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE; TROPHOZOITE;

ANIMALS; CRYOPRESERVATION; CULTURE MEDIA; DIENTAMOEBA; DIENTAMOEBIASIS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; HUMANS; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TEMPERATURE;

DIENTAMOEBA; DIENTAMOEBA FRAGILIS; TRITRICHOMONAS;

EID: 78650546577     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182010000764     Document Type: Article

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