Clonal cultures of Histomonas meleagridis, Tetratrichomonas gallinarum and a Blastocystis sp. established through micromanipulation

Parasitology

Volumn 133, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 547-554

  Hess, M ^a   Kolbe, T ^b   Grabensteiner, E ^a   Prosl, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^b Institute for Agrobiotechnology Tulln   (Austria)

Author keywords

Blastocystis; Clonal cultures; Histomonas meleagridis; Micromanipulation; Ribosomal RNA; Tetratrichomonas gallinarum

Indexed keywords

SMALL SUBUNIT RIBOSOMAL RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLASTOCYSTIS; CECUM; CLONAL VARIATION; GENETIC CORRELATION; HISTOMONAS MELEAGRIDIS; IN VITRO STUDY; MICROMANIPULATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE CULTIVATION; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POULTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOON; RNA SEQUENCE; SPECIES; TETRATRICHOMONAS GALLINARUM;

ANIMALS; CLOACA; CLONING, ORGANISM; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CULTURE MEDIA; FECES; MICROMANIPULATION; MICROSCOPY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POULTRY DISEASES; PROTOZOA; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; RNA, PROTOZOAN; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; SERIAL PASSAGE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TURKEYS;

BLASTOCYSTIS; BLASTOCYSTIS SP.; HISTOMONAS MELEAGRIDIS; PROTISTA; PROTOZOA; TETRATRICHOMONAS GALLINARUM;

EID: 33750358343     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182006000758     Document Type: Article

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