Legionella pneumophila: An aquatic microbe goes astray

FEMS Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 149-162

  Steinert, Michael ^a   Hentschel, Ute ^a   Hacker, Jörg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Detection; Environment; Fitness; Legionella pneumophila; Survival in protozoa; Virulence

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER; IRON; VIRULENCE FACTOR; WATER;

AEROSOL; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BIOFILM; CELLULAR PARAMETERS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOSOME; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GENOMICS; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; LUNG; LYSOSOME; MACROPHAGE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PNEUMONIA; PROPHYLAXIS; PROTOZOON; REVIEW; SURFACE PROPERTY; WATER SUPPLY;

ANIMALS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; ECOLOGY; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; HUMANS; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE; VIRULENCE; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0036282197     PISSN: 01686445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6445(02)00093-1     Document Type: Review

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