Flagellum-mediated adhesion by Burkholderia pseudomallei precedes invasion of Acanthamoeba astronyxis

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 2280-2282

  Inglis, Timothy J J ^a,d   Robertson, Terry ^b   Woods, Donald E ^c   Dutton, Nichole ^b   Chang, Barbara J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b Division of Pathology   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d Western Australian Centre for Pathology and Medical Research   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACANTHAMOEBA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; CELL ADHESION; CELL SURVIVAL; DERIVATIZATION; ENDOCYTOSIS; FLAGELLUM; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TROPHOZOITE;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; FLAGELLA; FLAGELLIN; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MUTATION;

EID: 0344837299     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.71.4.2280-2282.2003     Document Type: Article

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