Genetic Analysis of Forty Isolates of Acanthamoeba Group III by Multilocus Isoenzyme Electrophoresis

Acta Protozoologica

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 317-324

  Flint, James A ^a   Dobson, Philip J ^b   Robinson, Bret S ^b  

^a Caribbean Epidemiology Centre   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^b AUSTRALIAN WATER QUALITY CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acanthamoeba species; Biogeography; Isozyme analysis

Indexed keywords

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBA CULBERTSONI; ACANTHAMOEBA HEALYI; ACANTHAMOEBA JACOBSI; ACANTHAMOEBA LENTICULATA; ACANTHAMOEBA PALESTINENSIS; ACANTHAMOEBA ROYREBA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0345921679     PISSN: 00651583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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