Legionella-like slender rods multiplying within a strain of Acanthamoeba sp. isolated from drinking water

Parasitology Research

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 84-88

  Michel, R ^a  

^a Ernst Rodenwaldt Institut Koblenz   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DRINKING WATER; PENICILLIN G; STREPTOMYCIN;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ARTICLE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LEGIONELLA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TROPHOZOITE;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ANIMALS; CULTURE MEDIA; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; LEGIONELLA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; WATER; WATER SUPPLY;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBA SP.; LEGIONELLA;

EID: 0031909326     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004360050362     Document Type: Article

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