Genetic and phenotypic differences between Legionella pneumophila strains

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1352-1362

  Samrakandi, Mustapha M ^a   Cirillo, Suat L G ^a   Ridenour, Dennis A ^a   Bermudez, Luiz E ^a   Cirillo, Jeffrey D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE LOCUS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE; LUNG; MACROPHAGES; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENOTYPE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0036203406     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.4.1352-1362.2002     Document Type: Article

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