Isolation and identification of Acanthamoeba from Taiwan spring recreation areas using culture enrichment combined with PCR

Acta Tropica

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 282-287

  Huang, Shih Wei ^a   Hsu, Bing Mu ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Acanthamoeba; Culture method; Heterotrophic plate counts; PCR method; Spring water

Indexed keywords

HOT WATER; PROTOZOAL DNA; PROTOZOAL RNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 18S;

BACTERIUM; GENOTYPE; HETEROTROPHY; HUMAN ACTIVITY; PROTOZOAN; THERMAL SPRING; WASTEWATER;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBA KERATITIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENRICHMENT CULTURE; GENOTYPE; LEGIONELLA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE ISOLATION; PLATE COUNT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECREATION; TAIWAN; THERMAL SPRING; WASTE WATER; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; RNA GENE;

ACANTHAMOEBA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GENES, RRNA; GENOTYPE; HOT SPRINGS; HUMANS; LEGIONELLA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, PROTOZOAN; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TAIWAN;

TAIWAN;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBIDAE; LEGIONELLA;

EID: 77953538604     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2010.04.012     Document Type: Article

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