Genotyping, physiological features and proteolytic activities of a potentially pathogenic Acanthamoeba sp. isolated from tap water in Brazil

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 123, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 231-235

  Magliano, Ana C M ^a   da Silva, Flávia Maia ^a   Teixeira, Marta M G ^a   Alfieri, Silvia C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acanthamoeba; Acanthamoeba polyphaga; Cysteine peptidases; Keratitis; Pathogenicity; Serine peptidases; SSU rRNA genotyping

Indexed keywords

PEPTIDASE; TAP WATER;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; ENZYME RELEASE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTOZOAL GENETICS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ACANTHAMOEBA; AMEBIASIS; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BRAZIL; CASEINS; CULTURE MEDIA, CONDITIONED; FRESH WATER; GENOTYPE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; WATER SUPPLY;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBA POLYPHAGA; ACANTHAMOEBA SP.;

EID: 69449107921     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: 10902449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2009.07.006     Document Type: Article

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