Reference strain for performance testing culture media listed by the ISO TC 34 SC 9 Joint Working Group 5 in the ISO 11133 and by the Working Party on Culture Media of the International Committee on Food Microbiology and Hygiene (ICFMH-WPCM)
Biosafety Level
1
Biosafety classification is based on U.S. Public Health Service Guidelines, it is the responsibility of the customer to ensure that their facilities comply with biosafety regulations for their own country.
Product Format
freeze-dried
Storage Conditions
Frozen: -80°C or colder Freeze-Dried: 2°C to 8°C Live Culture: See Propagation Section
Type Strain
no
Preceptrol®
no
Comments
Morphology
Morphology
After 5 to 7 days on PDA at 25°C colonies spreading rapidly at first white, floccose, becoming gray with sporulation. Sporangia globose columellate; sporangiophores nonapophysate.
Medium
ATCC® Medium 336: Potato dextrose agar (PDA)
ATCC® Medium 325: Malt extract agar (Blakeslee's formula)
ATCC® Medium 28: Emmons' modification of Sabouraud's agar
Nucleotide (GenBank) :
KU729084
ITS including 5.8S rRNA gene
Nucleotide (GenBank) :
KU729181
D1/D2 region of 28S rRNA gene
References
O'Donnell KL. Zygomycetes in culture. Athens, GA: Univ. Georgia; 1979
Hrncirova K, et al. Rapid detection and identification of Mucormycetes from culture and tissue samples using high resolution melt analysis. J. Clin. Microbiol. 48: 3392-3394, 2010. PubMed: 20592150
Khot PD, Ko DL, Fredricks DN. Sequencing and analysis of fungal rRNA operons for development of broad-range fungal PCR assays. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 75: 1559-1565, 2009. PubMed: 19139223
