Intracellular infection of tick cell lines by the entomopathogenic fungus Metarhizium anisopliae

Microbiology

Volumn 154, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1700-1709

  Kurtti, Timothy J ^a   Keyhani, Nemat O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHALASIN D; FUNGUS ANTIBODY; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

AMBLYOMMA; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONIDIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTOMOPATHOGENIC FUNGUS; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FUNGAL CELL; FUNGAL SPORE GERMINATION; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS GROWTH; HOST CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; INCUBATION TIME; INSECT CELL; INTERNALIZATION; IXODES SCAPULARIS; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURVIVAL; TICK; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WILD TYPE; ANIMAL; CELL LINE; FUNGUS HYPHAE; FUNGUS SPORE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; IXODES; METARHIZIUM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AMBLYOMMA; AMBLYOMMA AMERICANUM; EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; IXODES; IXODES SCAPULARIS; IXODIDA; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; HYPHAE; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; IXODES; IXODIDAE; METARHIZIUM; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; SPORES, FUNGAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 48449103570     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.2008/016667-0     Document Type: Article

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