Enhancement of in vitro cytopathogenicity by Acanthamoeba spp. following acquisition of bacterial endosymbionts

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 166, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 231-236

  Fritsche, Thomas R ^a   Sobek, Dane ^a   Gautom, Romesh K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Acanthamoeba; Bacterial endosymbiont; In vitro cytopathogenicity

Indexed keywords

ACANTHAMOEBA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDIA; NEGIBACTERIA;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL LINE; CULTURE MEDIUM; FIBROBLAST; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SYMBIOSIS; VIRULENCE;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CULTURE MEDIA, CONDITIONED; FIBROBLASTS; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; HUMANS; SYMBIOSIS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0032529952     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.1998.tb13895.x     Document Type: Article

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