Isolation and identification of Acanthamoeba strains from soil and tap water in Yanji, China.

doi:10.1186/s12199-017-0655-2

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Isolation and identification of Acanthamoeba strains from soil and tap water in Yanji, China.

Environmental health and preventive medicine - 30 Jun 2017

Xuan Yinghua, Shen Yanqin, Ge Yuxi, Yan Gen, Zheng Shanzi

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BACKGROUND: Members of the genus Acanthamoeba are widely distributed throughout the world, and some of them are considered pathogenic, as they are capable of causing corneal and central nervous system diseases. In this study, we isolated Acanthamoeba strains from soil and tap water in Yanji, China. METHODS: We identified four strains of Acanthamoeba (CJY/S1, CJY/S2, CJY/S3, and CJY/W1) using mitochondrial DNA...

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PMID: 29165144
DOI: 10.1186/s12199-017-0655-2
PMCID: PMC5664816

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