Molecular characterization and ultrastructure of a new amoeba endoparasite belonging to the Stenotrophomonas maltophilia complex

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 133, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 383-390

  Corsaro, Daniele ^a,b   Müller, Karl Dieter ^c   Michel, Rolf ^d  

^a CHLAREAS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^d BUNDESWEHRZENTRALKRANKENHAUS KOBLENZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acanthamoeba; Endocytobiont; Free living amoebae; Naegleria; Stenotrophomonas; Stenotrophomonas maltophilia

Indexed keywords

DNA 16S;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; COCULTURE; DNA SEQUENCE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENDOCYTOBIOSIS; ENDOPARASITE; INTRACELLULAR BACTERIUM; MICROBIAL MORPHOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; ULTRASTRUCTURE; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

ACANTHAMOEBA; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NAEGLERIA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 84874408918     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: 10902449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2012.12.016     Document Type: Article

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