Acanthamoeba-Campylobacter coculture as a novel method for enrichment of Campylobacter species

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 73, Issue 21, 2007, Pages 6864-6869

  Axelsson Olsson, Diana ^a   Ellström, Patrik ^a   Waldenström, Jonas ^a,b   Haemig, Paul D ^a   Brudin, Lars ^c   Olsen, Björn ^a,d  

^a LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c KALMAR COUNTY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; BIOASSAY; CELL CULTURE; CONTAMINATION; OXYGEN; PATHOGENS;

ACANTHAMOEBA- CAMPYLOBACTER COCULTURE; CAMPYLOBACTERS; CULTURE MEDIUM; INTRACELLULAR SURVIVAL;

BACTERIA;

ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIUM; ENRICHMENT; GROWTH RATE; PATHOGEN; PROTOZOAN; SURVIVAL;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBA POLYPHAGA; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER COLI; CAMPYLOBACTER HYOINTESTINALIS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CAMPYLOBACTER LARI; CELL SURVIVAL; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; ENRICHMENT CULTURE; GROWTH RATE; NONHUMAN; PROTOZOON; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; WATER SAMPLING;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ANIMALS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CAMPYLOBACTER; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; CULTURE MEDIA;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBA POLYPHAGA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER COLI; CAMPYLOBACTER HYOINTESTINALIS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CAMPYLOBACTER LARI; PROTOZOA;

EID: 35948990875     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01305-07     Document Type: Article

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