Techniques for isolating thermotolerant and pathogenic freeliving amebae

Folia Parasitologica

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 267-271

  John, David T ^a   Howard, Marsha J ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acanthamoeba; environmental isolation; Naegleria australiensis; Naegleria fowleri; pathogenic freeliving amebae

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; HEAT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUSE; NAEGLERIA; PATHOGENICITY; UNITED STATES; VIRULENCE;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ANIMALS; FRESH WATER; HEAT; MICE; NAEGLERIA; OKLAHOMA; VIRULENCE; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 0030453967     PISSN: 00155683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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