Endosymbionts of Acanthamoeba isolated from domestic tap water in Korea

Korean Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 337-344

  Choi, Seon Hee ^a   Cho, Min Kyoung ^a   Ahn, Soon Cheol ^a,b   Lee, Ji Eun ^a,b   Lee, Jong Soo ^a,b   Kim, Dong Hee ^b   Xuan, Ying Hua ^c   Hong, Yeon Chul ^c   Kong, Hyun Hee ^c   Chung, Dong Il ^c   Yu, Hak Sun ^a,b  

^a Pusan National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Pusan National University   (South Korea)

^c Kyungpook National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Acanthamoeba; Candidatus Amoebophilus asiaticus; Candidatus Odyssella thessalonicensis; Endosymbiont; Methylophilus

Indexed keywords

DNA 16S; RNA 16S; TAP WATER;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ARTICLE; BACILLUS (ROD SHAPED BACTERIUM); BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE; CYTOPLASM; DNA SEQUENCE; ENDOSYMBIONT; METHYLOPHILUS; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WATER ANALYSIS;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ANIMALS; BACTEROIDETES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FRESH WATER; KOREA; METHYLOPHILUS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SYMBIOSIS;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBA SP.; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDATUS AMOEBOPHILUS ASIATICUS; CANDIDATUS ODYSSELLA THESSALONICENSIS; METHYLOPHILUS; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 71549116432     PISSN: 00234001     EISSN: 17380006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3347/kjp.2009.47.4.337     Document Type: Article

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