Diversity and seasonal impact of Acanthamoeba species in a subtropical rivershed

BioMed Research International

Volumn 2013, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Kao, Po Min ^a   Chou, Ming Yuan ^b   Tao, Chi Wei ^b   Huang, Wen Chien ^c   Hsu, Bing Mu ^a   Shen, Shu Min ^a   Fan, Cheng Wei ^a   Chiu, Yi Chou ^d,e  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHENG HSIN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c MACKAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e CHENG HSIN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBA HATCHETTI; ACANTHAMOEBA HEALYI; ACANTHAMOEBA JACOBSI; ACANTHAMOEBA KERATITIS; ACANTHAMOEBA PALESTINENSIS; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; ENRICHMENT CULTURE; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; NONHUMAN; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SPRING; SUMMER; TAIWAN; WATER QUALITY; WINTER; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HUMAN; PHYLOGENY; SEASON;

ACANTHAMOEBA; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; SEASONS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TAIWAN;

EID: 84896089098     PISSN: 23146133     EISSN: 23146141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2013/405794     Document Type: Article

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