Genetic variation in the free-living amoeba Naegleria fowleri

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 2977-2981

  Pélandakis, Michel ^a   De Jonckheere, Johan F ^b   Pernin, Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; NAEGLERIA FOWLERI; NONHUMAN; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA;

NAEGLERIA FOWLERI; PROTOZOA;

EID: 17444443234     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.8.2977-2981.1998     Document Type: Article

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