Effective proliferation of low level Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 cells using coculture procedure with Acanthamoeba castellanii

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 564-567

  Seno, Masato ^a   Sakaki, Miyoko ^a   Ogawa, Hiromi ^a   Matsuda, Hanako ^a   Takeda, Yoshihiro ^a  

^a Hiroshima Prefectural Institute of Public Health and Environment   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acanthamoeba castellanii; Coculture procedure; Intracellular proliferation; Legionella pneumophila

Indexed keywords

ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; COCULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; INFECTION; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; ANIMALS; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA SEROGROUP 1;

EID: 33745965784     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2006.01.013     Document Type: Article

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