Restriction-fragment-length polymorphism and variation in electrophoretic karyotype in Naegleria fowleri from Japan.
Strains of Naegleria fowleri isolated in Japan from two different places were found to differ in electrophoretic karyotype and restriction-fragment-length polymorphism (RFLP) both from each other and from strains isolated on other continents. Using the Wagner parsimony method on the RFLP, we found that the Japanese isolates are most closely related to the Australian isolates and most distinct from the European isolates.
Department of Microbiology, Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Brussels, Belgium.
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D000818:Animals; D015245:Deoxyribonuclease BamHI; D015247:Deoxyribonuclease HindIII; D014644:Genetic Variation; D007564:Japan; D007621:Karyotyping; D016848:Naegleria fowleri / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*; D010802:Phylogeny; D012150:Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length; D015183:Restriction Mapping
D015245:Deoxyribonuclease BamHI; D015247:Deoxyribonuclease HindIII