Subgenus systematics of Acanthamoeba: Four nuclear 18S rDNA sequence types

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 498-504

  Gast, Rebecca J ^a,b   Ledee, Dolena R ^a,c   Fuerst, Paul A ^a   Byers, Thomas J ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Keratitis; pathogenic amoeba; ribosomal RNA genes; ssu rDNA

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030294427     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.1996.tb04510.x     Document Type: Article

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