Nonpathogenic Entamoeba dispar quickly outgrows pathogenic Entamoeba histolytica in mixed xenic cultures

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 500-503

  Pysova, I ^b   Tumova, P ^a,b   Tolarova, V ^c   Nohynkova, E ^a,b  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BULOVKA   (Czech Republic)

^c State Institute of Health   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Entamoeba; In vitro culture; PCR; Protozoa

Indexed keywords

BIOTECHNOLOGY; PATHOGENS;

CO-CULTURES; ENTAMEBA; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; HUMAN COLON; IN VITRO CULTURE; IN-VITRO; MODELLING SYSTEMS; PATHOGENICS; PCR; VITRO CULTURE;

PROTOZOA;

CELL CULTURE; GROWTH KINETICS; MICROORGANISMS; PATHOGENS;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; PATHOGEN; PROTOZOAN;

ANIMALS; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA, PROTOZOAN; ENTAMOEBA; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENTAMOEBIASIS; FECES; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 62149136207     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2009.02555.x     Document Type: Article

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