Morphology is not a reliable tool for delineating species within Cryptosporidium

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 399-402

  Fall, Abbie ^a   Thompson, R C Andrew ^a   Hobbs, Russell P ^a   Morgan Ryan, Una ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA 18S; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70; RIBOSOME DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

MICROORGANISM; MORPHOLOGY; TAXONOMY;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM CANIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; GENOTYPE; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; DOGS; FECES; GENOTYPE; HSP70 HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MARSUPIALIA; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

CANIS; COCCIDIA; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM CANIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0037397679     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/0022-3395(2003)089[0399:MINART]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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