Molecular identification of free-living amoebae of the Vahlkampfiidae and Acanthamoebidae isolated in Arizona (USA)

European Journal of Protistology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 9-15

  De Jonckheere, Johan F ^a  

^a SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

Author keywords

5.8S rDNA; Acanthamoeba; ITS; Naegleria; Tetramitus; Vahlkampfia

Indexed keywords

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBA LENTICULATA; ACANTHAMOEBIDAE; NAEGLERIA; NAEGLERIA AUSTRALIENSIS; NAEGLERIA GRUBERI; NAEGLERIA TIHANGENSIS; OVIS ARIES; TETRAMITUS; VAHLKAMPFIA; VAHLKAMPFIA AVARA; VAHLKAMPFIIDAE; WILLAERTIA MAGNA;

EID: 33846011853     PISSN: 09324739     EISSN: 16180429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejop.2006.09.001     Document Type: Article

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