Molecular definition and the ubiquity of species in the genus Naegleria

Protist

Volumn 155, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 89-103

  De Jonckheere, Johan F ^a,b  

^a SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

^b DE DUVE INSTITUTE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NAEGLERIA; NAEGLERIA ANDERSONI; NAEGLERIA AUSTRALIENSIS; NAEGLERIA FOWLERI; NAEGLERIA GRUBEN; NAEGLERIA JAMIESONI; NAEGLERIA LOVANIENSIS; NAEGLERIA PAGEI; NAEGLERIA PRINGSHEIMI; NAEGLERIA TIHANGENSIS; PROTOZOA;

EID: 1942476864     PISSN: 14344610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/1434461000167     Document Type: Article

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