title: Isolation of free-living amoebas from the intestinal contents of reptiles.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Parasitología, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Sesma
authors.forename: L Z
authors.initials: LZ
authors.lastname: Ramos
mesh_terms: 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