A comparison of the growth and starvation responses of Acanthamoeba castellanii and Hartmannella vermiformis in the presence of suspended and attached Escherichia coli K12

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 556-563

  Pickup, Zoë L ^a   Pickup, Roger ^b   Parry, Jacqueline D ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amoeba; Biofilm; Cyst; Growth rate; Ingestion rate; Yield

Indexed keywords

BIOFILM; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYST; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH RESPONSE; INGESTION RATE; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PROTOZOAN; STARVATION;

ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; AMOEBA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVALUATION; HARTMANNELLA VERMIFORMIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE PROPERTY; TROPHOZOITE;

ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; ANIMALS; ANTIBIOSIS; CULTURE MEDIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12; HARTMANNELLA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; HARTMANNELLA VERMIFORMIS;

EID: 33847693215     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2006.00224.x     Document Type: Article

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