Infection of Acanthamoeba castellanii by chlamydia pneumoniae

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1396-1399

  Essig, Andreas ^a   Heinemann, Markus ^a   Simnacher, Ulrike ^a   Marre, Reinhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CELL CULTURE; CELL SURVIVAL; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; LEGIONELLA; CHLAMYDIA PNEUMONIAE;

AMOEBA; GROWTH; INTERMEDIATE HOST; RESPIRATORY PATHOGEN; SURVIVAL;

EID: 0030613346     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.4.1396-1399.1997     Document Type: Article

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