Evaluation of taxonomic validity of four species of Acanthamoeba: A. divionensis, A. paradivionensis, A. mauritaniensis, and A. rhysodes, inferred from molecular analyses

The taxonomy of Acanthamoeba spp., an amphizoic amoeba which causes granulomatous amoebic encephalitis and chronic amoebic keratitis, has been revised many times. The taxonomic validity of some species has yet to be assessed. In this paper, we analyzed the morphological characteristics, nuclear 18s...

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Main Authors: Liu, Hua, Moon, Eun-Kyung, Yu, Hak-Sun, Jeong, Hae-Jin, Hong, Yeon-Chul, Kong, Hyun-Hee, Chung, Dong-Il
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: The Korean Society for Parasitology 2005
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2712008/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15793353
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3347/kjp.2005.43.1.7
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