Chemosensory responses of Acanthamoeba castellanii: Visual analysis of random movement and responses to chemical signals

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 150-158

  Schuster, F L ^a   Levandowsky, M ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b PACE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ameba; Chemoreception; Chemotaxis; Levy walk

Indexed keywords

CHEMOTACTIC FACTOR; DRUG DERIVATIVE; FORMYLMETHIONYLLEUCYLPHENYLALANINE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMOTAXIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMMUNOLOGY; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MICROSCOPY; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; TIME;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ANIMALS; CHEMOTACTIC FACTORS; CHEMOTAXIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MICROSCOPY, VIDEO; N-FORMYLMETHIONINE LEUCYL-PHENYLALANINE; PHAGOCYTOSIS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030098201     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.1996.tb04496.x     Document Type: Article

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