Insect cell culture Cells derived from Drosophila melanogaster (most prominently, Schneider 2 cells) can be used for experiments which may be hard to do on live flies or larvae, such as biochemical studies or studies using siRNA. Cell lines derived from the army worm Spodoptera frugiperda, including Sf9 and Sf21, and from the cabbage looper Trichoplusia ni, High Five cells, are commonly used for expression of recombinant proteins using baculovirus. Bacterial and yeast culture methods For bacteria and yeasts, small quantities of cells are usually grown on a solid support that contains nutrients embedded in it, usually a gel such as agar, while large-scale cultures are grown with the cells suspended in a nutrient broth. Viral culture methods The culture of viruses requires the culture of cells of mammalian, plant, fungal or bacterial origin as hosts for the growth and replication of the virus. Whole wild type viruses, recombinant viruses or viral products may be generated in cell types other than their natural hosts under the right conditions. Depending on the species of the virus, infection and viral replication may result in host cell lysis and formation of a viral plaque. Common cell lines Human cell lines DU145 (prostate cancer) H295R (adrenocortical cancer) HeLa (cervical cancer) KBM-7 (chronic myelogenous leukemia) LNCaP (prostate cancer) MCF-7 (breast cancer) MDA-MB-468 (breast cancer) PC3 (prostate cancer) SaOS-2 (bone cancer) SH-SY5Y (neuroblastoma, cloned from a myeloma) T-47D (breast cancer) THP-1 (acute myeloid leukemia) U87 (glioblastoma) National Cancer Institute's 60 cancer cell line panel (NCI60) Primate cell lines Vero (African green monkey Chlorocebus kidney epithelial cell line) Mouse cell lines MC3T3 (embryonic calvarium) Rat tumor cell lines GH3 (pituitary tumor) PC12 (pheochromocytoma) Plant cell lines Tobacco BY-2 cells (kept as cell suspension culture, they are model system of plant cell) Other species cell lines Dog MDCK kidney epithelial Xenopus A6 kidney epithelial Zebrafish AB9 List of cell lines See also Biological immortality Cell culture assays Electric cell-substrate impedance sensing List of contaminated cell lines List of NCI-60 Cell Lines List of LL-100 panel Cell Lines List of breast cancer cell lines Microphysiometry References and notes Further reading External links Table of common cell lines from Alberts 4th ed. Cancer Cells in Culture Evolution of Cell Culture Surfaces Hypertext version of the Cell Line Data Base Cell Culture Applications - Resources including application notes and protocols to create an ideal environment for growing cells, right from the