Fish-isolated strains of Hartmannella vermiformis Page, 1967: Morphology, phylogeny and molecular diagnosis of the species in tissue lesions

Folia Parasitologica

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 295-303

  Dyková, Iva ^a,b   Pindová, Zuzana ^b   Fiala, Ivan ^a,b   Dvořáková, Helena ^a   Macháčková, Blanka ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Amphizoic amoebae; Hartmannella vermiformis; In situ hybridisation; Morphology; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

HARTMANNELLA VERMIFORMIS; SARCODINA;

EID: 29144482897     PISSN: 00155683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14411/fp.2005.040     Document Type: Article

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