Isolation and identification of amoeba-resisting bacteria from water in human environment by using an Acanthamoeba polyphaga co-culture procedure

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1135-1144

  Pagnier, Isabelle ^a   Raoult, Didier ^a   La Scola, Bernard ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER; RNA 16S;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CLASSIFICATION; COCULTURE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIVER;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ANIMALS; BACTERIA; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; FRESH WATER; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIVERS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBA POLYPHAGA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM FRIGIDICARNIS; LEGIONELLA;

EID: 41849124177     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2007.01530.x     Document Type: Article

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