Predator or prey? Chlamydophila abortus infections of a free-living amoebae, Acanthamoeba castellani 9GU

Microbes and Infection

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 591-597

  Wirz, Mirjam ^a   Polkinghorne, Adam ^a   Dumrese, Claudia ^a   Ziegler, Urs ^a   Greub, Gilbert ^b   Pospischil, Andreas ^a   Vaughan, Lloyd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Acanthamoeba castellani; Chlamydia; Chlamydophila abortus; Endosymbiont; Free living amoebae; Parachlamydia acanthamoebae

Indexed keywords

ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHLAMYDOPHILA; CHLAMYDOPHILA ABORTUS; CYST (RESTING STAGE); CYST FORMATION; ENDOSYMBIONT; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; ANIMALS; CHLAMYDOPHILA; CHLAMYDOPHILA INFECTIONS; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; VIRULENCE;

ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; ANIMALIA; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIACEAE; CHLAMYDOPHILA ABORTUS; PARACHLAMYDIA ACANTHAMOEBAE; PROTOZOA;

EID: 44449117969     PISSN: 12864579     EISSN: 1769714X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micinf.2008.01.006     Document Type: Article

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