References to Papers Cited

1. Balamuth, W. 1946. Improved egg yolk medium for cultivation of Entamoeba histolytica and other intestinal protozoa. Am. J. Clin. Pathol. 16:380-384.

2. Boeck, W. C., and J. Drbohlav. 1925. The cultivation of Endamoeba histolytica. Am. J. Hyg. 5:371-407.

3. Clark, C. G. 1995. Axenic cultivation of Entamoeba dispar Brumpt 1925, Entamoeba insolita Geiman and Wichterman 1937 and Entamoeba ranarum Grassi 1879. J. Euk. Microbiol. 42:590-593.

3a. Clark, C. G. and L. S. Diamond 2002. Methods for cultivation of luminal parasitic protists of clinical importance. Clin. Microbiol. Rev. 15: 329-341.

4. Cleveland, L. R., and E. P. Sanders. 1930. The production of bacteria-free amoebic abscesses in the liver of cats and observations on the amoebae in various media with and without bacteria. Science. 77:149-151.

5. Diamond, L. S. 1961. Axenic cultivation of Entamoeba histolytica. Science. 134:336-337.

6. Diamond, L. S. 1968. Improved method for the monoxenic cultivation of Entamoeba histolytica Schaudinn, 1903 and E. histolytica-like amebae with trypanosomatids. J. Parasitol. 54:715-719.

7. Diamond, L. S. 1983. Lumen dwelling protozoa: Entamoeba, trichomonads, and Giardia, p. 67-109. In J. B. Jensen (ed.), In vitro cultivation of protozoan parasites. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.

8. Diamond, L. S. 1982. A new liquid medium for xenic cultivation of Entamoeba histolytica and other lumen dwelling protozoa. J. Parasitol. 68:958-959.

9. Diamond, L. S. 1968. Techniques of axenic cultivation of Entamoeba histolytica Schaudinn, 1903 and E. histolytica-like amebae. J. Parasitol. 54:1047-1056.

10. Diamond, L. S., C. G. Clark, and C. C. Cunnick. 1995. YI-S, a casein-free medium for axenic cultivation of Entamoeba histolytica, related Entamoeba, Giardia intestinalis and Trichomonas vaginalis. J. Euk. Microbiol. 42:277-278.

11. Diamond, L. S., and C. C. Cunnick. 1991. A serum-free, partly defined medium, PDM-805, for the axenic cultivation of Entamoeba histolytica Schaudinn, 1903 and other Entamoeba. J. Protozool. 38:211-216.

12. Diamond, L. S., D. R. Harlow, and C. C. Cunnick. 1978. A new medium for the axenic cultivation of Entamoeba histolytica and other Entamoeba. Trans. R. Soc. Trop. Med. Hyg. 72:431-432.

13. Dobell, C., and P. P. Laidlaw. 1926. On the cultivation of Entamoeba histolytica and some other entozoic amoebae. Parasitology. 18:283-318.

14. Dougherty, E. C. 1959. Introduction to axenic cultivation of invertebrate metazoa: a goal. Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci. 77:27-54.

15. Gillin, F. D., and L. S. Diamond 1978. Clonal growth of Entamoeba histolytica and other species of Entamoeba in agar. J. Protozool. 25:539-543.

16. Mueller, D. E., and W. A. Petri Jr. 1995. Clonal growth in Petri dishes of Entamoeba histolytica. Trans. R. Soc. Trop. Med. Hyg. 89:123.

17. Reeves, R. E., H. E. Meleney, and W. W. Frye. 1957. A modified Shaffer-Frye technique for the cultivation of Entamoeba histolytica and some observations on its carbohydrate requirements. Am. J. Hyg. 66:56-62.

18. Robinson, G. L. 1968. The laboratory diagnosis of human parasitic amoebae. Trans. R. Soc. Trop. Med. Hyg. 62:285-294.

19. Smedley, S. R. 1956. A method for freeing cultures of Entamoeba histolytica from contamination with Blastocystis. Trans. R. Soc. Trop. Med. Hyg. 50:232-233.

20. Taylor, A. E. R., and J. R. Baker (ed.). 1978. Methods of cultivating parasites in vitro. Academic Press, London and New York.

21. Von Brand, T., C. R. Rees, L. Jacobs, and L. V. Reardon. 1943. Studies on reducing substances and gas formation in cultures of Endamoeba histolytica and a single species of symbiotic bacterium. Am. J. Hyg. 37:310-319.


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