The fine structure of the Acanthamoeba polyphaga cyst wall

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 305, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 170-176

  Lemgruber, Leandro ^a   Lupetti, Pietro ^b   De Souza, Wanderley ^a,c   Vommaro, Rossiane C ^a   Da Rocha Azevedo, Bruno ^d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE METROLOGIA   (Brazil)

^d VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acanthamoeba; Cyst; Cyst wall; Quick freeze deep etching

Indexed keywords

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBA POLYPHAGA; ARTICLE; FREEZE FRACTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CELL WALL; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; PROTOZOAN SPORE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBA POLYPHAGA;

ACANTHAMOEBA; CELL WALL; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPORES, PROTOZOAN;

EID: 77949622286     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2010.01925.x     Document Type: Article

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