Biological characterization of a clinical and an environmental isolate of Acanthamoeba polyphaga: Analysis of relevant parameters to decode pathogenicity

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 188, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 441-449

  Da Rocha Azevedo, Bruno ^a   Costa E Silva Filho, Fernando ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acanthamoeba; Adhesion; Collagen invasion; Cytopathic effect; Free living amoebae; Isolates characterization; Pathogenic protozoa; Proteases

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; COLLAGEN; FRESH WATER; GLUCOSE; PEPTONE; PLASTIC;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBA POLYPHAGIA; AMOEBA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL LABELING; CELL TRANSFORMATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYTOPATHOGENIC EFFECT; ENVIRONMENT; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; GROWTH RATE; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; KERATITIS; LOCOMOTION; MICROFILAMENT; MONKEY; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; TROPHOZOITE; YEAST; ZYMOGRAPHY;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBA KERATITIS; ANIMALS; CELL ADHESION; CELL LINE; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FRESH WATER; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PHENOTYPE;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBA POLYPHAGA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 35348923840     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00203-007-0264-3     Document Type: Article

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