Multiplication of different Legionella species in Mono Mac 6 cells and in Acanthamoeba castellanii

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1219-1224

  Neumeister, B ^a,b   Schoniger S ^a   Faigle, M ^b   Eichner, M ^c   Dietz, K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEGIONELLA; MONOCYTE; NONHUMAN; SEROTYPE;

ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAVIA; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA ANISA; LEGIONELLA JORDANIS; LEGIONELLA LONGBEACHAE; LEGIONELLA OAKRIDGENSIS; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA SEROGROUP 1; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA SEROGROUP 2; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA SEROGROUP 6; LEGIONELLA STEIGERWALTII;

EID: 0342506446     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.4.1219-1224.1997     Document Type: Article

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