Relationship between mycobacteria and amoebae: Ecological and epidemiological concerns

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 349-357

  Thomas, V ^a   McDonnell, G ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE   (France)

Author keywords

Amoeba; Ecology; Mycobacteria; Protozoa; Symbiotic

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; VIRUSES;

AMEBA; BACTERIAL SPECIES; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; FREE LIVINGS; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MICROBIAL SPECIES; MYCOBACTERIA; SYMBIOTICS;

PROTOZOA;

TAP WATER;

BACTERIA; ECOSYSTEMS; FUNGI; PROTOZOA;

BACTERIUM; ECOLOGY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FUNGUS; PROTOZOAN; VIRUS;

AMOEBA; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOFILM; COLORECTAL CANCER; CROHN DISEASE; DIVERTICULITIS; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; FUNGUS; HEAT TREATMENT; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MAMMAL CELL; MICROORGANISM; MYCOBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PROTOZOON; REVIEW; SURVIVAL; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; VIRUS; WATER TREATMENT;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERINEAE; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; FUNGI; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 34848928413     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2007.02206.x     Document Type: Review

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