Purification of Toxoplasma gondii oocysts by cesium chloride gradient

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 427-430

  Dumètre, Aurélien ^a   Dardé, Marie Laure ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMOGES   (France)

^b DUPUYTREN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Cat; Cesium chloride; Oocyst; Purification; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

CESIUM CHLORIDE; SUCROSE;

ARTICLE; CELL SUSPENSION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FLOTATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURIFICATION; SPOROGENESIS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

FELIS CATUS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 1142309593     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2003.11.020     Document Type: Article

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