ARI-TOX Marine Wildlife CellBank

Cell line ID: LT06b-p
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Animal Group: Reptiles
Sub-Group: Sea turtles
Species Name: Loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta)

Tissue: Brain
Cell type: Fibroblast

Cell culture source
Sex: F
Age (or age-class): A
Length (cm): 82
Weight (kg): 44
Condition: euthanised due to severe boat strike
Location sampled (GPS co-ordinates): Port Curtis (-23.770530, 151.299828)
Date of sample collection: 09/05/2018

Cell culture instructions: Growth medium: RPMI-1640 with 10% fetal bovine serum (FBS). Antibiotics can also be used at concentrations of 1% penicillin/streptomycin (10,000 U/mL stock), 1% amphotericin B (250 µg/mL stock)
Incubation temperature (°C): 30
Incubation CO2 (%): 5%

Cryopreservation: All aliquots are at a concentration 1,000,000 cells/mL in 1 mL of growth medium (see care instructions) supplemented with 10% dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO)

DNA sequence: Caretta caretta, 99.41%

Karyotype: 56

Mycoplasma contamination: No

Notes: Nil