Long-term survival of Legionella pneumophila associated with Acanthamoeba castellanii vesicles: Brief report

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1341-1344

  Bouyer, Sabrina ^a   Imbert, Christine ^a   Rodier, Marie Hélène ^a   Héchard, Yann ^b  

^a POITIERS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LIFE CYCLE; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSPORT VESICLE; TROPHOZOITE;

ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; ANIMALS; HUMANS; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; TRANSPORT VESICLES; TROPHOZOITES;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; AMOEBA (GENUS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA;

EID: 34247882005     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2006.01229.x     Document Type: Article

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