T. vaginalis strain G3, the genome reference strain commonly used in research, isolated from Kent, United Kingdom, in 1963, was used for all experiments in this study (15 (link), 74 (link)). Parasites were cultured in modified Diamond’s medium (75 (link)) supplemented with 10% horse serum, penicillin and streptomycin (Invitrogen), and iron solution composed of ferrous ammonium sulfate and sulfosalicylic acid (Fisher Scientific), as described previously (76 (link)).
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