Morphologic and molecular identification of Naegleria dunnebackei n. sp. isolated from a water sample

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 523-531

  Visvesvara, Govinda S ^a   De Jonckheere, Johan F ^b,e   Marciano Cabral, Francine ^c   Schuster, Frederick L ^d  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d VIRAL AND RICKETTSIAL DISEASE LABORATORY   (United States)

^e DE DUVE INSTITUTE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

5.8S rDNA; Amoeboflagellate; Free living amoebae; Internal transcribed spacers; Virus like particles

Indexed keywords

CATTLE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FLAGELLATE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; PATHOGEN; RANCHING; VIRUS PARTICLE; WATER;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

AMOEBA (GENUS); BOS TAURUS; DISCICRISTATA; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); NAEGLERIA; NAEGLERIA FOWLERI; NAEGLERIA GALLICA; NAEGLERIA GRUBERI; NAEGLERIA SP.;

FRESH WATER; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA; RNA 5.8S;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; NAEGLERIA; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VIROLOGY; WATER SUPPLY;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CATTLE; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; FRESH WATER; MICE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NAEGLERIA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 5.8S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 33644585028     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: 15507408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2005.00061.x     Document Type: Article

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