Influence of pretreatment and experimental conditions on electrophoretic mobility and hydrophobicity of Cryptosporidium parvum oocysts

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 4439-4445

  Brush, Charles F ^a,b   Walter, Michael F ^a   Anguish, Lynne J ^a,c   Ghiorse, William C ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c Animal Health Diagnostic Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADHESION; ARTICLE; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; IONIC STRENGTH; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PURIFICATION;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0031733321     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.11.4439-4445.1998     Document Type: Article

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