Free living amoebae as opportunistic hosts for intracellular bacterial parasites

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue SUPPL., 2001, Pages

  Newsome, Anthony L ^a   Farone, Mary B ^a   Berk, Sharon G ^b   Gunderson, John H ^b  

^a MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TENNESSEE TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; PROTOZOAN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROTOZOA;

WATER;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOFILM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; SEDIMENT; SOIL;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ANIMALS; BIOFILMS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; SOIL; WATER;

EID: 0035544836     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2001.tb00436.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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