TUAT-BME-11

TUAT-BME-11

Order

Species

Common Name(s)

Silk moth

Primary Designation

TUAT-BME-11

Accession No.

CVCL_Z083

Stage

Tissue

Initiator(s)

N. Pandharipande

References

Pandharipande, N. T. (1994). Two new continuously growing cell lines from Bombyx mori (Lepidoptera: Bombycidae). Applied Entomology and Zoology, 29(4), 604-607.

Notes

Morphology: population of suspended round with a few spindle-shaped cells; Karyology: typical lepidopteran pattern; chromosome number ~60; Growth characteristics: doubling time: 2.8 days and 2.2 days in MGM-450 medium and MM medium, respectively.

Medium

MGM-450 + 10% FBS; MM medium

Cell Culture Collection

Pandharipande, Laboratory of applied entomology, faculty of agriculture, Tokyo university.

Status

Microorganism Propagation

Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus (BmNPV)

Contact Information

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

(859) 257-7450

entchair@uky.edu