Isolation of a thermotolerant Paravahlkampfia sp. from lizard intestine: Biology and molecular identification

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 373-378

  Schuster, Frederick L ^a   De Jonckheere, Johan F ^b   Moura, Hercules ^c   Sriram, Rama ^c   Garner, Michael M ^d   Visvesvara, Govinda S ^c  

^a VIRAL AND RICKETTSIAL DISEASE LABORATORY   (United States)

^b SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d NORTHWEST ZOOPATH   (United States)

Author keywords

Amoeba; Paravahlkampfia ustiana; Phylogeny; SSUrDNA

Indexed keywords

MICROORGANISM;

AMOEBA; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DRUG RESISTANCE; INTESTINES; LIZARDS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; SOIL;

AMPHIBIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MAMMALIA; NAEGLERIA; NAEGLERIA FOWLERI; PARAVAHLKAMPFIA; PARAVAHLKAMPFIA USTIANA; PROTOZOA; REPTILIA; SCINCIDAE; SQUAMATA; WILLAERTIA;

EID: 0141787965     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2003.tb00152.x     Document Type: Article

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