Genetic Variation in the Free-Living Amoeba Naegleria fowleri
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Genetic variation in the free-living amoeba Naegleria fowleri.
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عنوان ژورنال: Applied and Environmental Microbiology
سال: 1998
ISSN: 0099-2240,1098-5336
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.8.2977-2981.1998