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. 2015 Sep 7;78(2):171–176. doi: 10.1292/jvms.15-0401

Table 2. Examples of cell line culture used in the cultivation of microsporidia from mammals, birds and fish.

Microsporidian species Cell culture
Mammals and birds
Encephalitozoon cuniculi Monkey kidney (E6); Madin-Darby canine kidney (MDCK); Rabbit kidney (RK-13); Human lung fibroblast (HLF); Human lung fibroblast (MRC-5)
Encephalitozoon hellem
Encephalitozoon intestinalis Monkey kidney (E6); Madin-Darby canine kidney (MDCK); Rabbit kidney (RK-13); Human lung fibroblast (HLF); Human colorectal adenocarcinoma (HT-29); Human colorectal adenocarcinoma (CACO-2)
Anncaliia algerae Monkey kidney (E6); Human lung fibroblast (HLF)
Trachipleistophora hominis Madin-Darby canine kidney (MDCK); Rabbit kidney (RK-13); Monkey kidney (COS-1)
Vittaforma corneae Monkey kidney (E6); Rabbit cornea (SIRC); Madin-Darby canine kidney (MDCK); Human lung fibroblast (HLF); Human lung fibroblast (MRC-5)
Fish
Nucleospora salmonis Primary culture of leukocytes from peripheral blood of chinook salmon
Nucleospora salmonis Primary culture of epithelial-like cell from kidney of rainbow trout
Glugea sp. Cell line CHSE-214 from salmon embryo
Pseudoloma neurophilia Cell line CCO- fibroblast from ovary of channel catfish; Cell line SJD.1- fibroblast from fin of zebrafish; Cell line EPC- epithelial –like from skin of carp; Cell line EPC-epithelial–like from connective tissue and muscle of fathead minnow
Heteroporis anguillarum Cell line EP-1–epithelial like from infected tissues of elves of Japanese eel