Biodiversity of amoebae and amoeba-resisting bacteria in a hospital water network

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 2428-2438

  Thomas, Vincent ^a   Herrera Rimann, Katia ^a   Blanc, Dominique S ^b   Greub, Gilbert ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CELLS; DISEASES; MICROORGANISMS;

AMOEBA-RESISTING BACTERIA (ARB); FREE-LIVING AMOEBAE (FLA); PATHOGENICITY;

BACTERIA;

BACTERIOLOGY; BACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; PATHOGENICITY; PNEUMONIA; PROTOZOAN;

ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; AFIPIA; ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; AMOEBA; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BOSEA; BRADYRHIZOBIUM; BRADYRHIZOBIUM JAPONICUM; CHLAMYDIA; COOLING TOWER; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; HARTMANNELLA VERMIFORMIS; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; METHYLOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM GORDONAE; MYCOBACTERIUM KANSASII; MYCOBACTERIUM XENOPEI; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHODOPLANES; SARCODINA; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; WATER SUPPLY;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; AMOEBA; ANIMALS; BACTERIA; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; CULTURE MEDIA; FRESH WATER; GENOTYPE; HOSPITALS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; WATER SUPPLY;

ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; AFIPIA; ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOSEA (BACTERIA); BRADYRHIZOBIUM; BRADYRHIZOBIUM JAPONICUM; CHLAMYDIA; CORYNEBACTERINEAE; EQUIDAE; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; HARTMANNELLA VERMIFORMIS; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; METHYLOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM GORDONAE; MYCOBACTERIUM KANSASII; MYCOBACTERIUM XENOPI; PROTISTA; PROTOZOA; RHODOPLANES; SARCODINA;

EID: 33646079638     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.72.4.2428-2438.2006     Document Type: Article

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