NIVI-CH-440

NIVI-CH-440

Order

Common Name(s)

Bedbug

Primary Designation

NIVI-CH-440

Accession No.

CVCL-Z885

Stage

Tissue

Initiator(s)

U. Pant

References

Pant, U., Dhanda, V., Aragade, S. P., & Banerjee, K. (1988). Establishment of three cell lines from the embryonic tissue of Cimex hemipterus (F.)(Hemiptera: Cimicidae). In vitro cellular & developmental biology, 24(12), 1201-1203.

Notes

Morphology: cell lines consist of epithelial-like (80%), fibroblastlike (19%), and giant cells (1%); Karyology: holokinetic and there was no distinct stemline chromosome number; Growth characteristics: population doubling time=120 hr; Authentication: Isozyme pattern analysis was performed to confirmed the species identity of this cell line.

Medium

Mitsuhashi and Maramorosch's (MM) + 20% FBS

Cell Culture Collection

National Institute of Virology, Pune.

Status

Contact Information

S-225 Ag Science Center Lexington, KY 40546-0091

(859) 257-7450

entchair@uky.edu