Protistology 10 (1) 26–42 (2016) |
Culture collection of parasitic protists at the Zoological Institute RAS (CCPP ZIN RAS) |
1 Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia
Summary Establishment of the bank of living cultures of trypanosomatids at the Laboratory of Protozoology, Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersbug, started in 1979. The first edition of the collection catalogue (Malysheva et al., 2001) included 33 strains of trypanosomatids. The present, second edition contains descriptions of 52 strains of trypanosomatids and 28 strains of aphelids and parasitic chytridiomycetes. The strains of aphelids and parasitic chytridiomycetes were isolated and initially cultivated at the Center for Culturing Collection of Microorganisms of the Research park of St. Petersburg State University. This collection is named the Culture Collection of Parasitic Protists of the Zoological Institute RAS (CCPP ZIN RAS).
Key words: Aphelididae, bibliography, culture collection, GenBank, Gromochytriaceae,
living cultures, Mesochytriaceae, parasitic protists, Trypanosomatidae
Address for correspondence: Alexander O. Frolov. Angliyskiy prosp. 32, 190121 Saint-Petersburg, Russia; e-mail: frolal@yandex.ru |
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