Isolation of free-living amoebas from the intestinal contents of reptiles.
A total of 508 reptiles captured at Canary Islands (Spain) was examined for free-living amoebas. Two hundred seventy-three clones of amoebas were isolated by culture of gut contents, 157 of them belonging to the genus Acanthamoeba and 12 to the genus Naegleria.
Sesma
M J
MJ
Departamento de Parasitología, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain.
Ramos
L Z
LZ
D000048:Acanthamoeba / Q000302:isolation & purification; D000656:Amoeba / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D000818:Animals; D001266:Atlantic Islands; D007422:Intestines / Q000469:parasitology*; D008116:Lizards / Q000469:parasitology*; D009253:Naegleria / Q000302:isolation & purification