Periodontopathogenic bacteria multiply in the environmental amoeba Acanthamoeba castellani

International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health

Volumn 209, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 535-539

  Wagner, Yvonne ^a   Noack, Barbara ^b   Hoffmann, Thomas ^b   Jacobs, Enno ^a   Christian Lück, Paul ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Environmental amoebae; Periodontopathogenic bacteria; Porphyromonas gingivalis; Prevotella intermedia

Indexed keywords

ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CELL CULTURE; ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; PATHOGENESIS; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS; PREVOTELLA INTERMEDIA;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CORYNEBACTERINEAE; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; NEGIBACTERIA; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS; PREVOTELLA INTERMEDIA;

EID: 33750091332     PISSN: 14384639     EISSN: 1618131X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2006.05.006     Document Type: Article

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