Acanthamoeba belonging to T3, T4, and T11: Genotypes isolated from air-conditioning units in Santiago, Chile

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 542-544

  Astorga, Berbeli ^a   Lorenzo Morales, Jacob ^c   Martín Navarro, Carmen M ^c   Alarcõn, Verõnica ^a   Moreno, Johanna ^a   González, Ana C ^c   Navarrete, Elizabeth ^b   Piñero, José E ^c   Valladares, Basilio ^c  

^a INSTITUTO DE SALUD PÚBLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSIDAD SAN SEBASTIÁN   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Amoebae; free living amoebae; South America.

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA; PROTOZOAL RNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 18S;

AIR CONDITIONING; GENOTYPE; HEALTH RISK; NEW RECORD; PATHOGENICITY; PROTOZOAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; SAMPLING;

ACANTHAMOEBA; AIR CONDITIONING; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHILE; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RNA GENE;

ACANTHAMOEBA; AIR CONDITIONING; CHILE; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; GENES, RRNA; GENOTYPE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA, PROTOZOAN; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

CHILE; METROPOLITANA;

ACANTHAMOEBA;

EID: 81355133577     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: 15507408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2011.00584.x     Document Type: Article

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