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Table 1 Strains used in this study

From: Clinical metagenomic identification of Balamuthia mandrillaris encephalitis and assembly of the draft genome: the continuing case for reference genome sequencing

Strain

Date

Location

Note

Citation

SAMa

Spring 2001

California

3-year-old girl, cultured on Vero cells

Bakardjiev A et al., 2002 [55]

RP-5a

Spring 2001

California

Environmental sample associated with SAm, cultured on Vero cells

Schuster FL et al., 2003 [5]

OK1a

2002

California

Environmental sample in NorCal unrelated to SAm, cultured on Vero cells

Dunnebacke TH et al., 2004 [56]

V039b

1990

California

Type strain isolated from pregnant mandrill at San Diego Zoo, cultured on Vero cells

Visvesvara GS et al., 1990 [4]

V188a

1989

Georgia

59-year-old man, amoeba isolated from brain/skin lesion, cultured on Vero cells

Gordon SM et al., 1992 [57]

V451a

-

New York

6-year-old girl, cultured on Vero cells

Yang XH et al., 2001 [58]

2046a

March 2010

California

26-year-old man, survivor, cultured on Vero cells

Vollmer and Glaser, in review

CSF108c

May 2015

Colorado

15-year-old girl, direct metagenomic detection from CSF

 
  1. aStrain provided by Dr. Dunnebacke at the California Department of Public Health
  2. bStrain obtained from ATCC (V39)
  3. cStrain obtained from recent clinical case in Colorado