Various bacterial pathogens and symbionts infect the amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum

International Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 291, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 615-624

  Skriwan, Carina ^a   Fajardo, Marcela ^a   Hägele, Sonja ^a   Horn, Matthias ^b   Wagner, Michael ^a,b   Michel, Rolf ^c   Krohne, Georg ^d   Schleicher, Michael ^c   Hacker, Jörg ^a   Steinert, Michael ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c BUNDESWEHRZENTRALKRANKENHAUS KOBLENZ   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bacterial pathogens; Comitin; Dictyostelium discoideum; Infection model; Symbionts

Indexed keywords

ACANTHAMOEBA; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 0036216665     PISSN: 14384221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/1438-4221-00177     Document Type: Article

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