Genetic variation in the free-living amoeba Naegleria fowleri.

doi:10.1128/AEM.64.8.2977-2981.1998

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Genetic variation in the free-living amoeba Naegleria fowleri.

Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Aug 1998

Pélandakis M, De Jonckheere J F, Pernin P

Abstract excerpt

In this study, 30 strains of the pathogenic free-living amoeba Naegleria fowleri were investigated by using the randomly amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) method. The present study confirmed our previous finding that RAPD variation is not correlated with geographical origin. In particular, Mexican...

Topics

Animals
Asia
DNA, Protozoan
Europe
Genes, Protozoan
Genetic Variation
Naegleria fowleri
Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA Technique
United States

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