The amoeba-to-flagellate transformation test is not reliable for the diagnosis of the genus Naegleria. Description of three new Naegleria spp.

@article{deJonckheere2001TheAT,
  title={The amoeba-to-flagellate transformation test is not reliable for the diagnosis of the genus Naegleria. Description of three new Naegleria spp.},
  author={Johan F. de Jonckheere and S. Brown and Philip J. Dobson and B S Robinson and Pierre Pernin},
  journal={Protist},
  year={2001},
  volume={152 2},
  pages={
          115-21
        }
}
Trophozoites of several isolates from one location in Australia have failed consistently to transform into flagellates, although they display all other characteristics of the genus Naegleria. When changing the standard transformation test, flagellates were produced. In phylogenetic trees derived from partial small subunit ribosomal DNA (SSUrDNA) sequences, one of these strains branches close to a cluster comprising N. clarki, N. australiensis, N. italica and N. jadini. It is proposed that these… 
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