Persistence and multiplication of obligate anaerobe bacteria in amebae under aerobic conditions

Anaerobe

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 19-23

  Tomov, Angel T ^a   Tsvetkova, Elena D ^a   Tomova, Iskra A ^b   Michailova, Lilia I ^c   Kassovski, Vladimir K ^a  

^a MILITARY MEDICAL ACADEMY   (Bulgaria)

^b NATIONAL CENTER OF INFECTIOUS AND PARASITIC DISEASES   (Bulgaria)

^c INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Acanthamoebae; Co cultivation; Intracellular multiplication; Mobiluncus curtisii; Persisting

Indexed keywords

ACANTHAMOEBA; AEROBIC METABOLISM; AMOEBA; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CELL VACUOLE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENVIRONMENT; INTERNALIZATION; MOBILUNCUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBIDAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MOBILUNCUS CURTISII;

EID: 0032771325     PISSN: 10759964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anae.1999.0182     Document Type: Article

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