A species of Encephalitozoon isolated from an AIDS patient: criteria for species differentiation.
A microsporidium isolated in vitro from urine of an AIDS patient was identified as a species of Encephalitozoon. Investigation of the isolate by electron microscopy, amplification of DNA by RAPD PCR, protein analysis by SDS-PAGE and Western blotting and infectivity to athymic mice revealed that it differs from established species of the genus.
Department of Biology, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London, U.K.
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Hollister
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Canning
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Colbourn
D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000469:parasitology*; D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D016819:Encephalitozoon / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction