S-241 - Vermistella antarctica Collected by LExEn group. Isolated by D. Moran using serial dilution 2/21/01. 18ssrDNA sequence is deposited in GenBank under accession number DQ229956. Live culture is deposited at ATCC under accession number PRA-216. Morphologically and molecularly identified as Vermistella antarctica (Moran, D.M., Anderson, O.R., Dennett, M.R., Caron, D.A., Gast, R.J. 2007. A Description of Seven Antarctic Marine Gymnamoebae Including a New Subspecies, Two New Species and a New Genus: Neoparamoeba aestuarina antarctica n. subsp., Platyamoeba oblongata n. sp., Platyamoeba contorta n. sp. and Vermistella antarctica n. gen. n. sp.J. Eukaryotic Microbiology 54: 169-183.).

.Order: Amoebazoa. Cell size: 2um x 18um.
Media: Sargasso Cero + extra rice. .

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