Production of respirable vesicles containing live Legionella pneumophila cells by two Acanthamoeba spp.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 279-286

  Berk, Sharon G ^a   Ting, Rebecca S ^a   Turner, Glenn W ^b,c   Ashburn, Rebecca J ^a  

^a TENNESSEE TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACANTHAMOEBA; ARTICLE; CELL RESPIRATION; CELL VACUOLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING TOWER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; NONHUMAN; TEMPERATURE; THAWING;

ACANTHAMOEBA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; NEGIBACTERIA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0031964977     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.1.279-286.1998     Document Type: Article

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