Isolation and identification of Naegleria species from environmental water in Changchun, Northeastern China

Iranian Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 254-259

  Wang, Wei ^a   Wei, Feng ^b   Li, Jiping ^a   Li, Nan ^a   Liu, Quan ^a  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY AND EPIDEMIOLOGY   (China)

^b JILIN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Changchun; China; Identification; Naegleria; PCR

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL WATER; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHINA; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NAEGLERIA; NAEGLERIA AUSTRALIENSIS; NAEGLERIA CLARKI; NAEGLERIA FOWLERI; NAEGLERIA GRUBERI; NAEGLERIA PAGEI; NATIONAL PARK; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

EID: 84902441657     PISSN: 17357020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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