Bacterial-protozoa interactions; an update on the role these phenomena play towards human illness

Microbes and Infection

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 578-587

  Snelling, William J ^a   Moore, John E ^b   McKenna, James P ^c   Lecky, Donna M ^a   Dooley, James S G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b BELFAST CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacterial protozoa interactions; Biofilm; Burkholderia cepacia; Campylobacter; Disinfection; Legionella; Salmonella

Indexed keywords

ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BIOFILM; CAMPYLOBACTER; CELL DIVISION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL VIABILITY; CELL WALL; CHLAMYDIA; COXIELLA BURNETII; DISINFECTION; GENE EXPRESSION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LISTERIA; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SALMONELLA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; WATER SUPPLY;

ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; CAMPYLOBACTER; CHLAMYDIA; COXIELLA BURNETII; LEGIONELLA; LISTERIA; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; PROTOZOA; SALMONELLA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 32244445738     PISSN: 12864579     EISSN: 1769714X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micinf.2005.09.001     Document Type: Short Survey

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