Acanthamoeba genotypes T2, T4, and T11 in soil sources from El Hierro island, Canary Islands, Spain.

doi:10.1007/s00436-016-5048-8

Loading publication...

Noodle always counts identifier-free feature events for service operation. With your permission, Google Analytics can also estimate audience and engagement. Search text, publication identifiers, cookies, IP addresses and browser fingerprints are never included in Noodle's first-party event counters.

Privacy details

Community

Back to search

Article

Acanthamoeba genotypes T2, T4, and T11 in soil sources from El Hierro island, Canary Islands, Spain.

Parasitology research - 1 Aug 2016

Reyes-Batlle María, Zamora-Herrera Jonadab, Vargas-Mesa Alejandro, Valerón-Tejera Marco Antonio, Wagner Carolina, Martín-Navarro Carmen Ma, López-Arencibia Atteneri, Sifaoui Ines, Martínez-Carretero Enrique, Valladares Basilio, Piñero José E, Lorenzo-Morales Jacob

Abstract excerpt

The genus Acanthamoeba includes pathogenic strains which are causative agents of keratitis and encephalitis that often may end fatal in humans and other animals. In the present study, forty soil samples were collected in the island of El Hierro, Canary Islands, Spain, and checked for the presence of Acanthamoeba. Samples were cultivated onto 2 % non-nutrient agar plates seeded with a layer of heat killed...

Read the complete abstract on PubMed

Topics

Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.

Share to Acanthamoeba
Share to DNA, Protozoan
Share to DNA, Ribosomal

Methodology Data sources Editorial policy Privacy About Contact Helena Bioinformatics

Share to Genotype

Share to Polymerase Chain Reaction

Share to Soil

Share to Spain

Source

Open in PubMed

Identifiers

PMID: 27075307
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-016-5048-8

Provenance

PubMed metadata and Literature Corpus relationships. Corpus snapshot updated 6 Sept 2026. Manifest publication-graph-cohort-2026-09-06.1.

Source receipt: pubmed, retrieved 6 Sept 2026.