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Cellosaurus BGM (CVCL_4125)

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Cell line name BGM
Synonyms Buffalo Green Monkey cells; BGMK; Buffalo Green Monkey Kidney cells
Accession CVCL_4125
Secondary accession CVCL_4789
Resource Identification Initiative To cite this cell line use: BGM (RRID:CVCL_4125)
Comments Group: Non-human primate cell line.
Virology: Susceptible to infection by SARS coronavirus (SARS-CoV) (PubMed=16494729).
Virology: Susceptible to infection by SARS coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) (COVID-19) (PubMed=33389257).
Caution: Assignment to Chlorocebus pygerythrus instead of Chlorocebus aethiops by PubMed=34737324.
Derived from site: In situ; Kidney; UBERON=UBERON_0002113.
Species of origin Chlorocebus pygerythrus (Vervet monkey) (Cercopithecus pygerythrus) (NCBI Taxonomy: 60710)
Sex of cell Male
Category Spontaneously immortalized cell line
Web pages https://www.atcc.org/en/support/technical-support/faqs/buffalo-green-monkey-kidney-bgmk-cells
https://en.vircell.com/products/bgm-cell-line/
Publications

PubMed=4993582; DOI=10.1007/BF01250067
Barron A.L., Olshevsky C., Cohen M.M.
Characteristics of the BGM line of cells from African green monkey kidney. Brief report.
Arch. Gesamte Virusforsch. 32:389-392(1970)

PubMed=3010860; DOI=10.1128/AEM.51.4.790-812.1986
Dahling D.R., Wright B.A.
Optimization of the BGM cell line culture and viral assay procedures for monitoring viruses in the environment.
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 51:790-812(1986)

PubMed=16494729; DOI=10.3201/eid1201.050496
Kaye M., Druce J., Tran T., Kostecki R., Chibo D., Morris J., Catton M., Birch C.
SARS-associated coronavirus replication in cell lines.
Emerg. Infect. Dis. 12:128-133(2006)

PubMed=28046048; DOI=10.1371/journal.pone.0169391
Dotti S., Lombardo T., Villa R., Cacciamali A., Zanotti C., Andreani N.A., Cinotti S., Ferrari M.
Transformation and tumorigenicity testing of simian cell lines and evaluation of poliovirus replication.
PLoS ONE 12:E0169391-E0169391(2017)

PubMed=33389257; DOI=10.1007/s10096-020-04106-0
Wurtz N., Penant G., Jardot P., Duclos N., La Scola B.
Culture of SARS-CoV-2 in a panel of laboratory cell lines, permissivity, and differences in growth profile.
Eur. J. Clin. Microbiol. Infect. Dis. 40:477-484(2021)

PubMed=34737324; DOI=10.1038/s41598-021-00779-5
Lung O., Candlish R.C., Nebroski M., Kruckiewicz P., Buchanan C., Moniwa M.
High-throughput sequencing for species authentication and contamination detection of 63 cell lines.
Sci. Rep. 11:21657-21657(2021)

Cross-references
Cell line collections (Providers) BCRJ; 0049 - Discontinued
BCRJ; 0313
CCLV; CCLV-RIE 0136
CLS; 302158
ECACC; 90092601
IZSLER; BS CL 7
Cell line databases/resources CLO; CLO_0001955
CLDB; cl432
CLDB; cl433
CLDB; cl435
CLDB; cl436
CLDB; cl437
Encyclopedic resources Wikidata; Q54796277
Entry history
Entry creation04-Apr-2012
Last entry update05-Oct-2023
Version number22