NIVI-CH-440
Order
Species
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.
