Parachlamydia acanthamoeba is endosymbiotic or lytic for Acanthamoeba polyphaga depending on the incubation temperature

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 990, Issue , 2003, Pages 628-634

  Greub, Gilbert ^a   La Scola, Bernard ^a   Raoult, Didier ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Acanthamoeba polyphaga; Cytopathic effect; Endosymbiont; Incubation; Lysis; Parachlamydia acanthamoeba

Indexed keywords

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBA POLYPHAGA; AMOEBA; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CELL VIABILITY; CHLAMYDIA; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYST; CYTOPATHOGENIC EFFECT; ENDOSYMBIOSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GROWTH RATE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INCUBATION TIME; NONHUMAN; PARACHLAMYDIA ACANTHAMOEBA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESERVOIR; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBA POLYPHAGA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDIA; PARACHLAMYDIA; PARACHLAMYDIACEAE; PROTOZOA; RICKETTSIALES;

EID: 0038051534     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2003.tb07437.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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