Isolation and identification by partial sequencing of the 18S ribosomal gene of free-living amoebae from necrotic tissue of Basiliscus plumifrons (Sauria: Iguanidae)

Parasitology Research

Volumn 85, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 601-603

  Walochnik, Julia ^a   Hassl, Andreas ^a,b   Simon, Kirsten ^b   Benyr, Gerald ^c   Aspöck, Horst ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b VetLABOR Gelsenkirchen   (Germany)

^c NATURHISTORISCHES MUSEUM WIEN   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 18S;

ACANTHAMOEBA; AMOEBA; ARTICLE; ECHINAMOEBA; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIZARD; NAEGLERIA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE ISOLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ACANTHAMOEBA; AMEBIASIS; AMOEBA; ANIMALS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; IGUANAS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NAEGLERIA; NECROSIS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ACANTHAMOEBA; BASILISCUS PLUMIFRONS; ECHINAMOEBA; IGUANIDAE; NAEGLERIA; NEGIBACTERIA; SAURIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 0033041379     PISSN: 00443255     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004360050602     Document Type: Article

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