Evaluation of taxonomic validity of four species of Acanthamoeba: A. divionensis, A. paradivionensis, A. mauritaniensis, and A. rhysodes, inferred from molecular analyses |
LIU Hua
(Department of Parasitology, Kyungpook National University School of Medicine)
MOON Eun-Kyung (Department of Parasitology, Kyungpook National University School of Medicine) YU Hak-Sun (Department of Parasitology, Pusan National University School of Medicine) JEONG Hae-Jin (Department of Parasitology, Pusan National University School of Medicine) HONG Yeon-Chul (Department of Parasitology, Kyungpook National University School of Medicine) KONG Hyun-Hee (Department of Parasitology, Kyungpook National University School of Medicine) CHUNG Dong-Il (Department of Parasitology, Kyungpook National University School of Medicine) |
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