Axenization and optimization of in vitro growth of clonal cultures of Tetratrichomonas gallinarum and Trichomonas gallinae

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 202-208

  Amin, Aziza ^a   Neubauer, Claudia ^a   Liebhart, Dieter ^a   Grabensteiner, Elvira ^a   Hess, Michael ^a  

^a Clinic for Avian   (Austria)

Author keywords

Aerobic and anaerobic incubation; Clonal axenic culture; In vitro growth; Tetratrichomonas gallinarum; Trichomonas gallinae

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC CELL CULTURE; ANAEROBIC CELL CULTURE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE OPTIMIZATION; GROWTH RATE; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE CULTIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOON; TETRATRICHOMONAS GALLINARUM; TRICHOMONAS GALLINAE; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; TROPHOZOITE;

ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; CHICKENS; CULTURE MEDIA; TRICHOMONADIDA; TRICHOMONAS;

TETRATRICHOMONAS GALLINARUM; TRICHOMONAS GALLINAE; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS;

EID: 73449099920     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: 10902449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2009.09.014     Document Type: Article

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