Evidence for bacteriophages within Neochlamydia hartmannellae, an obligate endoparasitic bacterium of the free-living amoeba Hartmannella vermiformis

Endocytobiosis and Cell Research

Volumn 14, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 115-119

  Schmid, Ernst N ^a   Müller, Karl Dieter ^a   Michel, Rolf ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^b BUNDESWEHRZENTRALKRANKENHAUS KOBLENZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bacteriophages; Chlamydiales; Endoparasitic bacteria; Hartmannella; Neochlamydia

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346509226     PISSN: 02561514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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