Prevalence of Helicobacter and Acanthamoeba in natural environment

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 465-471

  Kawaguchi, K ^a   Matsuo, J ^a   Osaki, T ^b   Kamiya, S ^b   Yamaguchi, H ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYORIN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acanthamoeba; Environment; Heliocbacter pylori; PCR; Prevalence; River water; Soil

Indexed keywords

POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIVERS; SOIL SURVEYS; WATER QUALITY;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ENVIRONMENT; HELICOBACTER; HELIOCBACTE PYLORUS; NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS; PCR; PREVALENCE; RIVER ENVIRONMENT; RIVER WATER; SOIL SAMPLE;

SOILS;

DNA; RIVERS; STATISTICAL METHODS; WATER BACTERIOLOGY;

BACTERIUM; CORRELATION; DNA; RIVER WATER; SOIL ECOSYSTEM; WATER QUALITY;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ANIMALS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, PROTOZOAN; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; JAPAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RIVERS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 62149152329     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2008.02550.x     Document Type: Article

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