Long-term, low-maintenance storage of Acanthamoeba strains

Parasitology Research

Volumn 99, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 743-745

  Lorenzo Morales, Jacob ^a   Maciver, Sutherland K ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA;

ACANTHAMOEBA; AMOEBA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; DNA SEQUENCE; HUMAN; LABORATORY APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; METHODOLOGY; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIBOSOME SUBUNIT; STORAGE;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ANIMALS; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; HUMANS; PRESERVATION, BIOLOGICAL; VIRULENCE;

ACANTHAMOEBA;

EID: 33749437265     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-006-0212-1     Document Type: Article

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