A comparative study of Entamoeba histolytica (NIH :200, HK9, etc.), "E. histolytica-like" and other morphologically identical amoebae using isoenzyme electrophoresis.
Cultures of old, well documented strains of Entamoeba histolytica (NIH:200, HK9 etc.) have been compared with "E. histolytica-like" strains and, in turn, with E. moshkovskii, E. invadens and E. chattoni. They have been grouped according to their isoenzyme patterns. The "E. histolytica-like" organisms give patterns similar to E. moshkovskii and both of these are different from E. histolytica Groups I to IV. E. invadens and E. chattoni have easily distinguished characteristic isoenzyme bands. "E. polecki" is indistinguishable from E. histolytica.
D000818:Animals; D004592:Electrophoresis, Starch Gel; D004747:Entamoeba / Q000201:enzymology*; D004748:Entamoeba histolytica / Q000201:enzymology; D005956:Glucose-6-Phosphate Isomerase / Q000378:metabolism; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000378:metabolism*; D008291:Malate Dehydrogenase / Q000378:metabolism; D010733:Phosphoglucomutase / Q000378:metabolism
D007527:Isoenzymes; D008291:Malate Dehydrogenase; D005956:Glucose-6-Phosphate Isomerase; D010733:Phosphoglucomutase