Evaluation of prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells as food source for Balamuthia mandrillaris

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 186, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 261-271

  Matin, Abdul ^a   Jeong, Seok Ryoul ^a   Faull, Jane ^a   Rivas, Antonio Ortega ^b   Khan, Naveed Ahmed ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Balamuthia mandrillaris; Brain endothelial cells; Encephalitis; Feeding

Indexed keywords

ACANTHAMOEBA; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BALAMUTHIA MANDRILLARIS; CELL STRAIN COS7; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYST; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTIC CELL; FOOD; GROWTH; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INCUBATION TIME; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTIC CELL; TROPHOZOITE;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CELLS, CULTURED; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; COS CELLS; CULTURE MEDIA; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOBOSEA; MICROCIRCULATION; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PROKARYOTIC CELLS; TROPHOZOITES;

ACANTHAMOEBA; BALAMUTHIA MANDRILLARIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA; PROKARYOTA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 33749026607     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00203-006-0142-4     Document Type: Article

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