Johan F De Jonckheere

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Country: Belgium

Publications

  1. ncbi Knowledge of morphology is still required when identifying new amoeba isolates by molecular techniques
    Johan F De Jonckheere
    Research Unit for Tropical Diseases, de Duve Institute, B 1200 Brussels, Belgium
    Eur J Protistol 48:178-84. 2012
  2. ncbi Marinamoeba thermophila, a new marine heterolobosean amoeba growing at 50 degrees C
    Johan F De Jonckheere
    Research Unit for Tropical Diseases, de Duve Institute, Brussels, Belgium
    Eur J Protistol 45:231-6. 2009
  3. ncbi Oramoeba fumarolia gen. nov., sp. nov., a new marine heterolobosean amoeboflagellate growing at 54 °C
    Johan F De Jonckheere
    Research Unit for Tropical Diseases, de Duve Institute, B 1200 Brussels, Belgium
    Eur J Protistol 47:16-23. 2011
  4. ncbi Origin and evolution of the worldwide distributed pathogenic amoeboflagellate Naegleria fowleri
    Johan F De Jonckheere
    Research Unit for Tropical Diseases, de Duve Institute, Brussels, Belgium
    Infect Genet Evol 11:1520-8. 2011
  5. ncbi Naegleria gruberi metabolism
    Fred R Opperdoes
    Research Unit for Tropical Diseases, de Duve Institute, Universite Catholique de Louvain, B 1200 Brussels, Belgium
    Int J Parasitol 41:915-24. 2011

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Publications5

  1. ncbi Knowledge of morphology is still required when identifying new amoeba isolates by molecular techniques
    Johan F De Jonckheere
    Research Unit for Tropical Diseases, de Duve Institute, B 1200 Brussels, Belgium
    Eur J Protistol 48:178-84. 2012
    ..We provide evidence that the sequences in the databases are wrongly classified as belonging to a genus or species of the Vahlkampfiidae, but rather belong to strains of the genus Hartmannella...
  2. ncbi Marinamoeba thermophila, a new marine heterolobosean amoeba growing at 50 degrees C
    Johan F De Jonckheere
    Research Unit for Tropical Diseases, de Duve Institute, Brussels, Belgium
    Eur J Protistol 45:231-6. 2009
    ....
  3. ncbi Oramoeba fumarolia gen. nov., sp. nov., a new marine heterolobosean amoeboflagellate growing at 54 °C
    Johan F De Jonckheere
    Research Unit for Tropical Diseases, de Duve Institute, B 1200 Brussels, Belgium
    Eur J Protistol 47:16-23. 2011
    ..nov., sp. nov...
  4. ncbi Origin and evolution of the worldwide distributed pathogenic amoeboflagellate Naegleria fowleri
    Johan F De Jonckheere
    Research Unit for Tropical Diseases, de Duve Institute, Brussels, Belgium
    Infect Genet Evol 11:1520-8. 2011
    ..There is no evidence of virulence differences between the types of N. fowleri. Two other Naegleria spp. are pathogenic for mice, but human infections due to these two other Naegleria spp. are not known...
  5. ncbi Naegleria gruberi metabolism
    Fred R Opperdoes
    Research Unit for Tropical Diseases, de Duve Institute, Universite Catholique de Louvain, B 1200 Brussels, Belgium
    Int J Parasitol 41:915-24. 2011
    ..Genomic information also provides the possibility to identify drugs with a possible mode of action in the fatal primary amoebic meningoencephalitis caused by the closely related opportunistic pathogen Naegleria fowleri...