The evolutionary history of the genus Acanthamoeba and the identification of eight new 18S rRNA gene sequence types

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 45-54

  Stothard, Diane R ^b   Schroeder Diedrich, Jill M ^a   Awwad, Mohammad H ^c   Gast, Rebecca J ^d   Ledee, Dolena R ^e   Rodriguez Zaragoza, Salvador ^f   Dean, Chantal L ^a   Fuerst, Paul A ^a   Byers, Thomas J ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Zagazig University   (Egypt)

^d WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Classification; Granulomatous amoebic encephalitis; Keratitis; Multiple rDNA alleles; Opportunistic pathogen; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

LINE DIFFERENCE; POPULATION GENETICS; PROTOZOAL GENETICS; RIBOSOMAL RNA; RNA STRUCTURE;

ACANTHAMOEBA;

EID: 0031919072     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.1998.tb05068.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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