Heterogeneity in the attachment and uptake mechanisms of the Legionnaires' disease bacterium, Legionella pneumophila, by protozoan hosts

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 126-132

  Harb, Omar S ^a   Venkataraman, Chandrasekar ^a   Haack, Bradley J ^a   Gao, Lian Yong ^a   Abu Kwaik, Yousef ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLCHICINE; CYCLOHEXIMIDE; CYTOCHALASIN D; GALACTOSE; MANNOSE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITION; PROTOZOON;

ACANTHAMOEBA POLYPHAGA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HARTMANNELLA VERMIFORMIS; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0031985851     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.1.126-132.1998     Document Type: Article

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