Collection of pathogenic protozoa in NEKKEN BRC

Leishmania amazonensis

Basic information
Scientific name
Leishmania amazonensis
Biosafety Level
2
Strains
LV78
Item
Cryopreserved living organism
Stage/Form :
promastigote
Shipping method :
frozen, dry ice included, quadruple packing (UN Category B Shipping System)
Note :
approximately 1 × 106 cells/vial
Growing organism in the culture medium
Stage/Form :
promastigotes in M199 medium
Shipping method :
ambient temperature, triple packing (UN Category B Shipping System)
Note :
culture with 10 mL of M199 medium
Extracted DNA
Solvent :
100 μl TE buffer, pH 8.0
Shipping method :
frozen
Concentration :
O.D. 260 ≧ 1.0

Biosafety classification is based on the appended Table 2 (related to the article 2) of the Ministerial Notification No. 7 from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), Japan in 2004.

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