Article
Effect of bacterial association on the phenotype and genotype of an Entamoeba histolytica clonal population.
Invasion & metastasis - 1 Jan 1997
De Menezes L F, Rodríguez M A, Vargas M A, Salgado L M, Orozco E
Abstract excerpt
A several-times-cloned population of Entamoeba histolytica trophozoites (clone MAVIII) was cultured under axenic (MAVIIIax), monoxenic (MAVIIImx) and polyxenic (MAVIIIpx) conditions. Clones MAVIIIax and MAVIIImx presented similar virulence in vitro, but differed in their virulence in vivo, wherea...
Topics
- Animals
- Cricetinae
- Entamoeba histolytica
- Genotype
- Phenotype
- Phylogeny
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA Technique
- Virulence
