Differences in isoenzyme patterns of axenically and monoxenically grown Acanthamoeba and Hartmanella

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 231-237

  Weckers, Peter H H ^a,b   De Jonckheere, Johan F ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology of Brussels   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Acanthamoeba; Axenic; Hartmannella; Isoenzymes; Monoxenic; PAA IEF gel electrophoresis

Indexed keywords

ACID PHOSPHATASE; ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; ESTERASE; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE ISOMERASE; ISOENZYME; MALATE DEHYDROGENASE; PHOSPHOGLUCOMUTASE; POLYACRYLAMIDE;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; ARTICLE; CELL LYSATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCODINA; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACID PHOSPHATASE; ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; ANIMALS; CARBOXYLIC ESTER HYDROLASES; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; CULTURE MEDIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GLUCOSE-6-PHOSPHATE ISOMERASE; HARTMANNELLA; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; ISOENZYMES; MALATE DEHYDROGENASE; PHOSPHOGLUCOMUTASE; PSEUDOMONAS;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; ACANTHAMOEBA POLYPHAGA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HARTMANNELLA; HARTMANNELLA VERMIFORMIS; SARCODINA;

EID: 0030944394     PISSN: 00036072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1000185110677     Document Type: Article

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