Entamoeba dispar: Cultivation with sterilized Crithidia fasciculata

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1998, Pages

  Kobayashi, Seiki ^a   Imai, Eiko ^a   Tachibana, Hiroshi ^b   Fujiwara, Tatsushi ^a   Takeuchi, Tsutomu ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Crithidia fasciculata; Entamoeba dispar; Hydrogen peroxide

Indexed keywords

CULTURE MEDIUM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IN VITRO CULTURE; MIXED CELL CULTURE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; POLAROGRAPHY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

CRITHIDIA FASCICULATA; ENTAMOEBA DISPAR; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES);

EID: 0032033621     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.1998.tb04516.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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