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Optimum concentrations of essential components for the development of Angiostrongylus costaricensis in vitro

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2009

H. Hata
H. Hata
Affiliation:
Department of Parasitology, Chiba University School of Medicine, Inohana, Chiba City, 260, Japan
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Abstract

Third-stage larvae of Angiostrongylus costaricensis were cultured to young adult stages in Waymouth's chemically defined medium MB 752/l, which comprises higher concentrations of the essential components histidine, lysine, methionine, tryptophan, choline chloride and glucose than various other chemically defined media. The present study has shown that choline chloride and tryptophan are required at relatively higher concentrations for worm development than those of the other essential components.

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Research Note
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Journal of Helminthology , Volume 70 , Issue 2 , June 1996 , pp. 173 - 175
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1996

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