Intracellular survival and saprophytic growth of isolates from the Burkholderia cepacia complex in free-living amoebae

Microbiology

Volumn 145, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1509-1517

  Marolda, Cristina L ^a   Hauröder, Barbel ^b   John, Michael A ^a,c   Michel, Rolf ^b   Valvano, Miguel A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b Ernst Rodenwaldt Institut Koblenz   (Germany)

^c LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acanthamoeba; Burkholderia cepacia; Cystic fibrosis; Intracellular survival

Indexed keywords

ACANTHAMOEBA; ARTICLE; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; CELL VACUOLE; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TROPHOZOITE;

ACANTHAMOEBA; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0032773234     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/13500872-145-7-1509     Document Type: Article

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