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Product Format
frozen
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
This organism is a CLSI control strain for antimicrobial susceptibility testing.
The strain was re-identified as Aspergillus alabamensis, a close sister of Aspergillus terreus, based on the multigene sequence analysis. This change does not affect to its use as quality control strain for standard tests.
Medium
ATCC® Medium 325: Malt extract agar (Blakeslee's formula)
ATCC® Medium 336: Potato dextrose agar (PDA)
ATCC® Medium 200: YM agar or YM broth
Reference Method for Broth Dilution Antifungal Susceptibility Testing of Filamentous Fungi: Approved Standard - 2nd Edition. Wayne, PA. Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute; CLSI M38-A2.
Espinel-Ingroff A, et al. Quality control and reference guidelines for CLSI broth microdilution susceptibility method (M38-A document) for amphotericin B, itraconazole, posaconazole, and voriconazole. J. Clin. Microbiol. 43: 5243-5246, 2005.
Ghannoum MA, et al. Interlaboratory study of quality control isolates for a broth microdilution method (modified CLSI M38-A) for testing susceptibilities of dermatophytes to antifungals. J. Clin. Microbiol. 44: 4353-4356, 2006.
