Trypanosoma cruzi: Colony formation and clonal growth in agar

Murray Wittner, Linda Squillante, Jeffrey P. Nadler, Herbert B. Tanowitz

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Abstract

Trypanosoma cruzi exhibited colonial growth when incorporated into 0.5-0.6% agar. Colonies were established from a single organism and clones readily derived. The plating efficiencies were variable depending on the original inoculum but were consistently over 50% when 104 to 105 parasites were added. The use of this technique for evaluation of an antitrypanosomal agent, nifurtimox, was demonstrated, making possible large-scale testing of potential antitrypanosomal agents and assessment of microbicidal and microbio-static drug levels.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)255-261
Number of pages7
JournalExperimental Parasitology
Volume53
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 1982

Keywords

  • Agar medium
  • Chagas' disease
  • Cloning
  • Colony formation
  • Drug screening
  • Hemoflagellate
  • Nifurtimox
  • Protozoa
  • Trypanosoma cruzi
  • parasitic

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Parasitology
  • Immunology
  • Infectious Diseases

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