Potentially pathogenic free-living amoebae (FLA) isolated in Spanish wastewater treatment plants

Environmental Microbiology Reports

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 622-626

  Garcia A ^a   Goni P ^a,b   Clavel, A ^a,b   Lobez, S ^a,b   Fernandez, M T ^a,b   Ormad, M P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b Aragón Institute of Health ICS   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACANTHAMOEBA; AMOEBA (GENUS); BALAMUTHIA; EQUIDAE; HARTMANNELLA; NAEGLERIA; PARAVAHLKAMPFIA;

EID: 80053494992     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17582229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1758-2229.2011.00271.x     Document Type: Article

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