Bm5
Order
Species
Common Name(s)
Silk moth
Primary Designation
Bm5
Accession No.
CVCL_0A00; CVCL_Z305
Stage
Tissue
Initiator(s)
T. D.C. Grace
References
Grace, T. D. C. (1967). Establishment of a line of cells from the silkworm Bombyx mori. Nature, 216(5115), 613-613; Stavroulakis, D. A., Kalogerakis, N., Behie, L. A., & Iatrou, K. (1991). Growth characteristics of a Bombyx mori insect cell line in stationary and suspension cultures. The Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering, 69(2), 457-464; Lee, J. M., Kawakami, N., Mon, H., Mitsunobu, H., Iiyama, K., Ninaki, S., ... & Kusakabe, T. (2012). Establishment of a Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus (BmNPV) hyper-sensitive cell line from the silkworm e21 strain. Biotechnology letters, 34(10), 1773-1779.
Notes
Morphology: most cells in this cell line are spindle-shaped cells (12-25 µm wide and 50-70 µm long) with some slightly spindle-shaped cell (18-30 µm diamter) that attach to the surface of the culturing vessel; Growth characteristcis: doubling time = 2 days.
Medium
IPL-41 + 10 % FBS
Status
Microorganism Propagation
Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus (BmNPV)
