 | NBIMCC 8847 | |
| BACTERIA | ||
| Type strain | ||
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Name |
Bacteroides fragilis (Veillon and Zuber 1898) Castellani and Chalmers 1919 | |
| Other names |
Synonym(s): |
Bacillus fragilis |
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Strain designation |
EN-2 | |
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Other collections no. or WDCM no. |
ATCC 25285, CCUG 4856, NCTC 9343, DSM 2151, LMG 10263, CCM 4712, JCM 11019 | |
| Access in situ |
Country of origin: |
UK |
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Date of sampling: |
Before 1955 | |
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Nagoya Protocol Restrictions: |
There are No known restrictions | |
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Isolation data |
Appendix abscess | |
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History |
NBIMCC, 2014 < CCUG, 1976 < NCTC, 1955 < L. P. Garrod | |
| Cultivation |
Medium(a): | |
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Temperature (oC): |
37 | |
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Incubation time: |
24-48 h | |
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Atmospheric needs: |
anaerobic | |
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Biosafety level |
Risk group 2 | |
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Application and specific properties |
Quality control strain Media testing. Susceptibility testing Control strain for BBL and MicroScan products | |
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Genetic data |
16S rRNA gene: AB050106 | |
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Additional information |
This is a convenient strain for checking anaerobic conditions since it may be kept on the desk for a whole week | |
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References |
Cato, E. P, J. L. Johnson, 1976. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 26, 230-237 Johnson, J. L., 1978. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 28, 245-256 Sutter, V. L., et al., 1979. Antimicrob. Agents Chemother., 16, 495-502 Skerman, V. B. D. et al., 1980. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 30, 225-420 Takahata, M., T. Nishino, 1997. Chemotherapy, 43, 153-158 | |
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