Pseudomonas aeruginosa utilises its type III secretion system to kill the free-living amoeba Acanthamoeba castellanii

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 235-243

  Abd, Hadi ^a,b   Wretlind, Bengt ^a   Saeed, Amir ^a,b   Idsund, Eva ^c   Hultenby, Kjell ^c   Sandström, Gunnar ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acanthamoeba castellanii; Co cultivation; Predation; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Type III secretion system

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN;

APOPTOSIS; BACTERIUM; PATHOGEN; PREDATION; PROTEIN; TOXIN;

ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; ANIMAL; ANTIBIOSIS; APOPTOSIS; COCULTURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DNA FRAGMENTATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; NECROSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; ANIMALS; ANTIBIOSIS; APOPTOSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; DNA FRAGMENTATION; NECROSIS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; AMOEBA (GENUS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 43049144298     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: 15507408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2008.00311.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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