Evidence for bacteriophages within gram-negative cocci - Obligate endoparasitic bacteria of Naegleria sp.

Acta Protozoologica

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 229-232

  Michel, Rolf ^a   Schmid, Ernst N ^b   Gmeiner, Gerhild ^a   Müller, Karl Dieter ^b   Hauröder, Bärbel ^a  

^a BUNDESWEHRZENTRALKRANKENHAUS KOBLENZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amoeboflagellate; Bacteriophages; Endocytobionts; Gram negative cocci; Naegleria sp., phage heads; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL CELL; GENETIC STRAIN; LAKE WATER; PARASITISM; PARTICLE SIZE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDIA; HARTMANNELLA VERMIFORMIS; NAEGLERIA; NAEGLERIA SP.; NEGIBACTERIA; NEOCHLAMYDIA HARTMANNELLAE; PARACHLAMYDIACEAE; SARCODINA; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 0034830754     PISSN: 00651583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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