Intracellular growth of Legionella pneumophila gives rise to a differentiated form dissimilar to stationary-phase forms

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 70, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 6273-6283

  Garduño, Rafael A ^a   Garduño, Elizabeth ^a   Hiltz, Margot ^a   Hoffman, Paul S ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENTAMICIN; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 60; POLY(3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID); PORIN; RIFAMPICIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LIFE CYCLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEOMICS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, TWO-DIMENSIONAL; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 0036841015     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.70.11.6273-6283.2002     Document Type: Article

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