Chlamydial endocytobionts of free-living amoebae differentially affect the growth rate of their hosts

European Journal of Protistology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 57-60

  Collingro, Astrid ^a   Walochnik, Julia ^a   Baranyi, Christian ^a   Michel, Rolf ^b   Wagner, Michael ^a   Horn, Matthias ^a   Aspöck, Horst ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b BUNDESWEHRZENTRALKRANKENHAUS KOBLENZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acanthamoeba; Endocytobiont; Endoparasite; Hartmannella vermiformis; Neochlamydia hartmannellae; Parachlamydia

Indexed keywords

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBA SP.; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDIAE; HARTMANNELLA; HARTMANNELLA VERMIFORMIS; NEOCHLAMYDIA HARTMANNELLAE; PARACHLAMYDIA; SARCODINA;

EID: 3042682784     PISSN: 09324739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejop.2003.10.002     Document Type: Article

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