Crescent bodies of Parachlamydia acanthamoeba and its life cycle within Acanthamoeba polyphaga: An electron micrograph study

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 3076-3084

  Greub, Gilbert ^a   Raoult, Didier ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; MICROORGANISMS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

PHAGOCYTOSIS;

MICROBIOLOGY;

MICROORGANISM;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBA POLYPHAGA; AMOEBA; ARTICLE; CELL VACUOLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELEMENTARY PARTICLE; LIFE CYCLE; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PARACHLAMYDIA ACANTHAMOEBA; PHAGOCYTOSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SYMBIOSIS;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ANIMALS; CHLAMYDIALES; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBA POLYPHAGA; PARACHLAMYDIA; PARACHLAMYDIACEAE; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0036268952     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.68.6.3076-3084.2002     Document Type: Article

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