Isolation and Molecular Identification of Vermamoeba vermiformis Strains from Soil Sources in El Hierro Island, Canary Islands, Spain

Current Microbiology

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 104-107

  Reyes Batlle, María ^a   Wagner, Carolina ^a,b   Zamora Herrera, Jonadab ^a   Vargas Mesa, Alejandro ^a   Sifaoui, Ines ^a,c   González, Ana C ^a   López Arencibia, Atteneri ^a   Valladares, Basilio ^a   Martínez Carretero, Enrique ^a   Piñero, José E ^a   Lorenzo Morales, Jacob ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CARTHAGE   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAR; DNA 18S; PROTOZOAL DNA; SOIL;

AMOEBA (GENUS); ARTICLE; DNA ISOLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC STRAIN; INCUBATION TEMPERATURE; MICROBIAL IDENTIFICATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SOIL; SPAIN; VERMAMOEBA VERMIFORMIS; AMOEBA (LIFE CYCLE STAGE); GENETICS; ISLAND (GEOLOGICAL); ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

AMOEBA; DNA, PROTOZOAN; ISLANDS; SOIL; SPAIN;

EID: 84964053128     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: 14320991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00284-016-1035-7     Document Type: Article

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