Occurrence and distribution of Naegleria species from thermal spring environments in Taiwan

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-7

  Kao, P M ^a   Tung, M C ^b   Hsu, B M ^a   Hsueh, C J ^c   Chiu, Y C ^c   Chen, N H ^a   Shen, S M ^a   Huang, Y L ^d  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TUNGS' TAICHUNG METROHARBOR HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c CHENG HSIN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Environmental recreational water; Polymerase chain reaction; Protozoa

Indexed keywords

GEOTHERMAL SPRINGS; GROUNDWATER; HOT SPRINGS; PROTOZOA;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL/RECREATIONAL WATER; FREE LIVINGS; NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS; OCCURRENCE AND DISTRIBUTION; RECREATIONAL WATER; TAXONOMIC IDENTIFICATIONS; THERMAL SPRING WATER; WATER CONTACTS; WATER SAMPLES;

POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

WATER;

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DOMINANCE; GENOTYPE; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISORDER; PATHOGEN; PH; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PROTOZOAN; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; SAMPLING; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; THERMAL SPRING; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; GENOTYPE; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; NAEGLERIA; NAEGLERIA AUSTRALIENSIS; NAEGLERIA FOWLERI; NAEGLERIA GRUBERI; NAEGLERIA LOVANIENSIS; NAEGLERIA MEXICANA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH; TAIWAN; TAXONOMIC IDENTIFICATION; THERMAL SPRING;

TAIWAN;

EID: 84871375826     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/lam.12006     Document Type: Article

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